Specific distribution within the Enterobacter cloacae complex of strains isolated from infected orthopedic implants.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria belonging to the Enterobacter genus are frequently isolated from clinical samples but are unusual causative agents of orthopedic implant infections. Twelve genetic clusters (clusters I to XII) and one sequence crowd (sequence crowd xiii) can be distinguished within the Enterobacter cloacae nomenspecies on the basis of hsp60 sequence analysis, and until now, none of these clusters could be specifically associated with a disease. In order to investigate if specific genetic clusters would be involved in infections of orthopedic material, two series of bacterial clinical isolates identified as E. cloacae by routine phenotypic identification methods were collected either from infected orthopedic implants (n = 21) or from randomly selected samples of diverse anatomical origins (control;

SUBMITTER: Morand PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725656 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature