PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCAL SLIME-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN AND ITS OCCURRENCE AMONG STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS CLINICAL ISOLATES

Authors
BALDASSARRI L DONELLI G GELOSIA A VOGLINO MC SIMPSON AW CHRISTENSEN GD
Citation
L. Baldassarri et al., PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCAL SLIME-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN AND ITS OCCURRENCE AMONG STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS CLINICAL ISOLATES, Infection and immunity, 64(8), 1996, pp. 3410-3415
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
64
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3410 - 3415
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1996)64:8<3410:PACOTS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Staphylococcus epidermidis slime-associated antigen (SAA) was puri fied and characterized. N-Acetyl-glucosamine accounted for 70% of the dry weight of SAA, which was immunolocalized on the ruthenium red-posi tive material produced by slime-positive strains. A total of 59% of sl ime-producing S. epidermidis clinical isolates expressed SAA, while th e phenotype slime(-) SAA(+) was never recovered.