Recurrent infections and chronic colonization by an Escherichia coli clone in the respiratory tract of a patient with severe cystic bronchiectasis

J Y Wang; P R Hsueh; J T Wang; L N Lee; P C Yang; K T Luh

doi:10.1128/JCM.38.7.2766-2767.2000

Recurrent infections and chronic colonization by an Escherichia coli clone in the respiratory tract of a patient with severe cystic bronchiectasis

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Jul;38(7):2766-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.7.2766-2767.2000.

Authors

J Y Wang¹, P R Hsueh, J T Wang, L N Lee, P C Yang, K T Luh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman with cystic bronchiectasis had repeated pulmonary infections from 1996 to 1999, and 6 of a total of 28 isolates of Escherichia coli from sputum specimens were studied. Their identical antibiotype and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA patterns indicated a single clone of E. coli, which persistently colonized the respiratory tract, causing recurrent infections.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchiectasis / microbiology*
Escherichia coli / classification
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / growth & development*
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Recurrence
Respiratory System / microbiology
Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology*
Sputum / microbiology