Article
Virulence factors (aerobactin and mucoid phenotype) in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli blood culture isolates.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jul 1995
Vernet V, Philippon A, Madoulet C, Vistelle R, Jaussaud R, Chippaux C
Abstract excerpt
We examined the presence of two virulence factors in 241 blood isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from patients hospitalized during 1989 and 1990 in 7 French hospitals, and 125 blood isolates of Escherichia coli from one hospital. Aerobactin was scored phenotypically and genotypically with an intragenic DNA probe of 2 kb. The mucoid phenotype was assessed by culture on trypticase soy agar and by genotypic analysis...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteremia
- Blood
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- Humans
- Hydroxamic Acids
- Klebsiella Infections