TY - JOUR
T1 - Confusion about the precision of asbestos fibres counting by electron microscopy (multiple letters) [1]
AU - Geerlings, Suzanne E.
AU - Brouwer, Ellen C.
AU - Gaastra, Wim
AU - Hoepelman, Andy I.M.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - By use of pulse-field gel electrophoresis, we evaluated the molecular identity of 32 Escherichia coli isolates obtained in 2 consecutive urine cultures from 16 patients as part of a large study of asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetic women and found different E. coli isolates in 7 of 16 patients, meaning that nearly half (44%) of the patients who had been previously classified as having asymptomatic bacteriuria were reinfected with a different strain.
AB - By use of pulse-field gel electrophoresis, we evaluated the molecular identity of 32 Escherichia coli isolates obtained in 2 consecutive urine cultures from 16 patients as part of a large study of asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetic women and found different E. coli isolates in 7 of 16 patients, meaning that nearly half (44%) of the patients who had been previously classified as having asymptomatic bacteriuria were reinfected with a different strain.
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M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 10689761
AN - SCOPUS:0033991664
SN - 0003-4878
VL - 44
SP - 75
EP - 76
JO - Annals of Occupational Hygiene
JF - Annals of Occupational Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -