title: Extracellular enzymes of fecal strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: During a three year study 67 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from stools of 67 patients with gastroenteritis. Serotypes 3 and 6 were the most frequent. The three strains that were serotype 11 were also the only beta-galactosidase producers. All strains were strongly pigmented. Over 90% of the isolates produced hemolysin, gelatinase, protease (caseinase), fibrinolysin, lecithinase and elastase. Fecal carriers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be considered a source of dissemination of potentially virulent and invasive strains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Microbiología, Hospital Sant Jaume, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vindel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D018093:Gelatinases; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D008875:Middle Aged; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000378:metabolism; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012703:Serotyping; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014774:Virulence; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D010434:Pepsin A; D018093:Gelatinases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C030895:caseinase