CAPSULAR SEROTYPES AND VIRULENCE FACTORS OF BACTEREMIC ISOLATES OF KLEBSIELLA IN IRELAND

Authors
NAMNYAK SS DOOLEY JS
Citation
Ss. Namnyak et Js. Dooley, CAPSULAR SEROTYPES AND VIRULENCE FACTORS OF BACTEREMIC ISOLATES OF KLEBSIELLA IN IRELAND, Medical microbiology letters, 3(8), 1994, pp. 416-422
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
3
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
416 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1994)3:8<416:CSAVFO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We determined the capsular serotype, Congo red binding, and the expres sion of the enzymes hyaluronidase and chondroitin sulphatase in 58 bac teraemic isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and K. oxytoca. The distrib ution of capsular serotypes differed from that previously reported in England and Europe. Congo red binding was exhibited by 80% of isolates and 46.1% expressed hyaluronidase. Production of chondroitin sulphata se was uncommon (13.7%) and only 2 isolates of different serotypes exh ibited all three factors.