MUCOID ENCAPSULATED ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECALIS - AN EMERGING MORPHOTYPE ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH URINARY-TRACT INFECTIONS

Authors
BOTTONE EJ PATEL L PATEL P ROBIN T
Citation
Ej. Bottone et al., MUCOID ENCAPSULATED ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECALIS - AN EMERGING MORPHOTYPE ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH URINARY-TRACT INFECTIONS, Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 31(3), 1998, pp. 429-430
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease → ACNP
ISSN journal
07328893
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
429 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0732-8893(1998)31:3<429:MEE-AE>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Three strains of encapsulated Enterococcus faecalis, which produced hi ghly mucoid coalescing colonies on routine bacteriologic media, were i solated from urine specimens of patients with urinary tract infection. Encapsulation could be demonstrated through India ink preparations. T he occurrence of this unusual enterococcal colony morphotype, which re sembles that of a Gram-negative bacterium, may delay true identificati on. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.