Bloodstream and catheter-related infections due to different clones of multidrug-resistant and biofilm producer Corynebacterium striatum

Table 1 Origin and PFGE profiles of 23 Corynebacterium striatum isolates from blood (n = 13) and catheter-related (n = 10) infections

Patient/ Isolation date	Isolates	Hospital wards	Gender	Isolation site	Culture	PFGE profiles ^a
Aug2009	2023	General ICU^b	M^c	Blood	Pure	I
Sept2009	2038	Infectious diseases	F^d	Blood	Pure	II
Apr2010	2089	General ICU	M	Catheter tip	Pure	I
Apr2010	2091	Infectious diseases	F	Blood	+Acinetobacter sp.	I
May2010	2103	Infectious diseases	F	Catheter tip	Pure	VIII
Aug2010	2130	Dermatology	F	Blood	Pure	V
Feb2011	2228	Cardiac ICU	F	Blood	Pure	VI
Feb2011;	2230;	Clinical ICU	M	Blood	Pure	VI
March2011	2237	Clinical ICU	M	Blood	Pure	VI
March2011	2243	General care	F	Blood	Pure	I
March2011	2245	General ICU	M	Catheter tip	Pure	I
June2011	2285	General ICU	F	Central venous catheter	Pure	I
July2011	2296	HMJ-RJ†	M	Central venous catheter	NI^e	VII
Aug2011	2308	Hematology	M	Blood	Pure	I
Aug2011	2316	Orthopedic	M	Blood	+ CNS^g	I
Oct2011	2324	Pulmonary	F	Catheter tip	+ CNS	Ia
Apr2012	2376	Neonatal ICU	F	Catheter tip	Pure	X
May2012	2390	General care	F	Catheter tip	Pure	VIa
June2012	2401	Thoracic Surgery	M	Blood	Pure	II
Aug2012;	2425;	Hematology	F	Blood	Pure	IX
Sept2012	2432	Pediatric	F	Blood	Pure	IX
Nov2012	2439	General care	M	Catheter tip	Pure	Ib
Feb2013	2454	General care	F	Catheter tip	+ CNS/ KlebsiellaPneumoniae	I

^a I- X, PFGE profiles. Previously described non-MDR isolates of PFGE types III and IV were not found in patients with blood and catheter-related infections (Baio et al. 2013); ^b ICU, intensive care unit; ^c M, male; ^dF, female; ^e NI, Not informed; ^fHMJ – RJ, Hospital Municipal Jesus - Rio de Janeiro; ^gCNS, Coagulase-negative staphylococci

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