TABLE 2.
Epidemiological features and typing results for 44 blood culture strains of S. epidermidis from 11 patients suspected of having septicemia obtained by six methodsa
| Patient no. | Wardb | Strain | Date of isolation (yr/mo/day) | Profile obtained by different methods
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biotyping (API ID32) | Antibiogram typing | Plasmid profiling | RAPD analysis
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PFGE | AFLP no. | ||||||
| M13 | ERIC-2–1026 | Comb.c | |||||||||
| 1 | IC surgery | LUH4007 | 92/12/20 | 366032210 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LUH4008 | 92/12/19 | 366032210 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LUH4010 | 92/12/22 | 366032210 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LUH4015 | 92/12/19 | 366032210 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Hematology | LUH4019 | 93/11/20 | 166032210 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| LUH4020 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| LUH4021 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| LUH4022 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Nephrology | LUH4034 | 93/01/28 | 367022210 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| LUH4036 | 93/01/28 | 366022210 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| LUH4038 | 93/01/28 | 366022210 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| LUH4039 | 93/01/28 | 366022210 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Cardiology | LUH4041 | 93/04/14 | 367030200 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| LUH4042 | 93/04/14 | 367030200 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| LUH4043 | 93/04/14 | 367030200 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| LUH4044 | 93/04/14 | 367030200 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 5 | IC cardiology | LUH4096 | 93/06/17 | 363232200 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| LUH4097 | 93/06/17 | 163022200 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| LUH4098 | 93/06/17 | 163022200 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| LUH4099 | 93/06/17 | 163022210 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Cardiology | LUH6073 | 94/09/21 | 366032210 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| LUH6074 | 94/09/21 | 366032210 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | ||
| LUH6075 | 94/09/16 | 366032210 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
| LUH6076 | 94/09/16 | 362022210 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 7 | Pediatrics | LUH6077 | 95/02/21 | 366022210 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
| LUH6078 | 95/02/22 | 366032210 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 | ||
| LUH6079 | 95/02/21 | 366032210 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 | ||
| LUH6080 | 95/02/22 | 366032210 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 8 | Hematology | LUH6081 | 94/11/07 | 266224610 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| LUH6082 | 94/11/06 | 266224610 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | ||
| IC Int. Med. | LUH6083 | 94/11/10 | 266224610 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | |
| LUH6084 | 94/11/09 | 266224610 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | ||
| 9 | Hematology | LUH6085 | 94/10/05 | 166032210 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
| LUH6086 | 94/10/05 | 166032210 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | ||
| LUH6087 | 94/10/06 | 166032210 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | ||
| LUH6088 | 94/10/11 | 166032210 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | ||
| 10 | Hematology | LUH6089 | 93/11/20 | 166032210 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
| LUH6090 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 13 | ||
| LUH6091 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 13 | ||
| LUH6092 | 93/11/21 | 166032210 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 13 | ||
| 11 | Hematology | LUH6093 | 94/01/17 | 366032210 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
| LUH6094 | 94/01/15 | 366032210 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 14 | ||
| LUH6095 | 94/01/15 | 366032210 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 15 | ||
| LUH6096 | 94/01/19 | 366032210 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 16 | ||
a
Types are arbitrarily coded within this set of strains for each typing method. AFLP was performed in a previous study (20).
b
IC, intensive care; Int. Med., Internal Medicine.
c
Combination of codes obtained by RAPD analysis with primer M13 and primer set ERIC-2–1026.