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Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Novel Sequence Type in Bacillus cereus Strains Associated with Nosocomial Infections and Bacteremia, Japan

Reiko Akamatsu, Masato Suzuki, Keiji Okinaka, Teppei Sasahara, Kunikazu Yamane, Satowa Suzuki, Daisuke Fujikura1, Yoshikazu Furuta, Naomi Ohnishi2, Minoru Esaki, Keigo Shibayama, and Hideaki HigashiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (R. Akamatsu, D. Fujikura, Y. Furuta, N. Ohnishi, H. Higashi); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (M. Suzuki, S. Suzuki, K. Shibayama); National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (K. Okinaka, M. Esaki); Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan (T. Sasahara); Yonago Medical Center, Tottori, Japan (K. Yamane)

Main Article

Table 1

Sequence types and sources of 69 Bacillus cereus Tokyo strains, Japan

Sequence type Sample name Source
1420* Tokyo_ID2 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID3 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID4 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID5 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID7 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID9 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID10 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID11 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID12_#1‡ Patient blood
Tokyo_ID12_#2‡ Patient blood
Tokyo_ID14 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID15 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID18 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID19 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID23 Towel
Tokyo_ID24 Towel
Tokyo_ID25 Towel
Tokyo_ID29 Microwave
Tokyo_ID31 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID32 Towel
Tokyo_ID34 Towel
Tokyo_ID36 Towel
Tokyo_ID37 Towel
Tokyo_ID46 Towel
Tokyo_ID47 Towel
Tokyo_ID52 Towel
Tokyo_ID55 Towel
Tokyo_ID57 Towel
Tokyo_ID61
 Towel
1421* Tokyo_ID6 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID13 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID16 Patient blood†
Tokyo_ID17 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID28
 Microwave
1425* Tokyo_ID59 Towel
Tokyo_ID67
 Washed white coat
1428*
 Tokyo_ID8
 Patient blood
1429*
 Tokyo_D27
 Towel
1430*
 Tokyo_ID53
 Towel
1431*
 Tokyo_ID66
 Washed white coat
26 Tokyo_ID22 Towel
Tokyo_ID38 Towel
Tokyo_ID41 Towel
Tokyo_ID54 Towel
Tokyo_ID56 Towel
Tokyo_ID60 Towel
Tokyo_ID64
 Plastic bag
73
 Tokyo_ID51
 Towel
75
 Tokyo_ID49
 Towel
163 Tokyo_ID33 Towel
Tokyo_ID35 Towel
Tokyo_ID39 Towel
Tokyo_ID42 Towel
Tokyo_ID48
 Towel
177
 Tokyo_ID20
 Patient blood†
365 Tokyo_ID21 Towel
Tokyo_ID44 Towel
Tokyo_ID65
 Plastic bag
368 Tokyo_ID1 Patient blood
Tokyo_ID40 Towel
Tokyo_ID50 Towel
Tokyo_ID58 Towel
Tokyo_ID63
 Microwave
953
 Tokyo_ID26
 Towel
994 Tokyo_ID45 Towel
Tokyo_ID62
 Towel
1028 Tokyo_ID68 Washed towel
Tokyo_ID69
 Towel
1050 Tokyo_ID43 Towel

*Sequence type found in this study.
†Pseudobacteremia was suspected.
‡Samples isolated from the same patients at different time points.

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1Current affiliation: Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.

2Current affiliation: Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Page created: April 17, 2019
Page updated: April 17, 2019
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