Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether colonization was persistent or recurrent in a small group of women who had repeated recovery of Staphylococcus saprophyticus from their urogenital tracts. Methods: Paired isolates of S. saprophyticus from each of the study subjects were genotypically typed by plasmid fingerprinting and comparison of chromosomal-DNA restriction fragment-length polymorphism patterns by field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) and contour-clamped homogenous electric-field (CHEF) electrophoresis. Results: All isolates of S. saprophyticus from the study subjects were classified as genetically unique by each of the typing methods. Conclusions: The subjects experienced recurrent colonization with different isolates of S, saprophyticus, These findings may have broader implications regarding the pathogenesis and recurrence of S, saprophyticus urinary-tract infection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 218-222 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- Urinary-tract infection
- contour-clamped homogenous electric-field electrophoresis
- field-inversion gel electrophoresis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Infectious Diseases