title: Hemagglutinins of Klebsiella pneumoniae and K. oxytoca isolated from different sources.
abstract: 482 Klebsiella pneumoniae and K. oxytoca strains isolated from different sources (human clinical material, feces of healthy subjects, sewage) were investigated for expression of MS-(mannose-sensitive) and MR/K-(mannose-resistant, Klebsiella-like) hemagglutinins. Regardless of the source of isolation, the majority of K. pneumoniae strains induced mannose-sensitive hemagglutination, but very few K. oxytoca isolates produced this type of hemagglutinin. In both species, most strains induced MR/K-hemagglutination. In general, environmental isolates showed a lesser incidence in production of each hemagglutinin and a higher percentage of non-hemagglutinating strains than fecal and clinical strains. These results suggest clinical isolates to be phenotypically more related to fecal than to environmental strains.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizinische Mikrobiologie der Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Podschun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahly
mesh_terms: D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000032:analysis*; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000032:analysis*; D008358:Mannose / Q000494:pharmacology; D012722:Sewage
chemical_list: D006388:Hemagglutinins; D012722:Sewage; D008358:Mannose