Open Access<p>Molecular Epidemiology of <em>Myroides odoratimimus</em> in Nosocomial Catheter-Related Infection at a General Hospital in China</p>
Author(s) -
Shuang Yang,
Qian Liu,
Zhen Shen,
Hua Wang,
He Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s251626
Subject(s) - broth microdilution , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , medicine , biology , minimum inhibitory concentration , gene , genotype , genetics
Catheter-related infection (CRI) is one of the most frequent causes of hospitalizations for immunocompromised patients. A major challenge is the increased prevalence of Myroides odoratimimus . The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical features and molecular characteristics of M. odoratimimus collected from a general hospital in Shanghai, China.