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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)

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Table 2

Sequences types and source of 65 Bacillus cereus Tochigi strains, Japan*

Sequence type Sample name Source
1420† Tochigi_ID1 Infusion
Tochigi_ID3 Infusion
Tochigi_ID5 Infusion
Tochigi_ID31_#1‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID31_#3‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID31_#4‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID39 Patient blood
Tochigi_ID41_#1‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID41_#2‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID48 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID49_#1‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID49_#2‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID51 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID52 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID53 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID75
 Linen room washed towel
1421†
 Tochigi_ID9
 Sheet
1422†
 Tochigi_ID14
 ED washed sheet
1423† Tochigi_ID28 Ward washing machine
Tochigi_ID29
 Ward washing machine
1424†
 Tochigi_ID30
 Ward washing machine
1425† Tochigi_ID37_#1‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID37_#2‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID46
 Patient blood§
1426†
 Tochigi_ID58
 Patient blood§
1427†
 Tochigi_ID60
 Patient blood§
139
 Tochigi_ID21
 Vender washed sheet
151 Tochigi_ID17 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID23
 Vender washed sheet
163 Tochigi_ID6 Patient skin
Tochigi_ID13 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID16 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID20 ED washed towel
Tochigi_ID45 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID55 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID64 Linen room washed towel
Tochigi_ID65 Linen room washed towel
Tochigi_ID71
 Linen room washed towel
164
 Tochigi_ID56
 Patient blood§
167 Tochigi_ID7 Patient skin
Tochigi_ID15 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID22 Vender washed sheet
Tochigi_ID36 Patient blood
Tochigi_ID42 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID44 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID62 Linen room washed towel
Tochigi_ID63 Linen room washed towel
Tochigi_ID70
 Linen room washed towel
365 Tochigi_ID2 Infusion
Tochigi_ID4 Infusion
Tochigi_ID35 Patient blood
Tochigi_ID57
 Patient blood§
368 Tochigi_ID19 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID31_#2‡ Patient blood
Tochigi_ID40 Patient blood
Tochigi_ID43 Patient blood
Tochigi_ID47 Patient blood§
Tochigi_ID61
 Patient blood§
953 Tochigi_ID12 Sheet
Tochigi_ID18 ED washed sheet
Tochigi_ID74
 Linen room washed towel
992
 Tochigi_ID11
 Sheet
999 Tochigi_ID10 Sheet
Tochigi_ID54
 Patient blood§
1263 Tochigi_ID8 Sheet

*ED, emergency department.
†Sequence types found in this study.
‡Samples isolated from the same patients at different time points.
§Pseudobacteremia was suspected.

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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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