Type 5 and 8 capsular polysaccharides are expressed by Staphylococcus aureus isolates from rabbits, poultry, pigs, and horses.
A total of 103 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from rabbits (n = 37), poultry (n = 33), pigs (n = 27), and horses (n = 6) and 14 Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from wild animals were serotyped for capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using polyclonal rabbit antibodies. About 98% of the S. aureus isolates were typeable. Type 5 was predominant in the poultry (75.8%) and pig (66.7%) isolates, whereas type 8 was more frequent among the isolates from rabbits (59.5%) and horses (83.3%). By contrast, none of the 14 S. intermedius isolates was typeable.
Poutrel
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Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et d'Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly, France.
Sutra
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D000818:Animals; D016667:Bacterial Capsules; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006736:Horses; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011200:Poultry; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine
D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C054106:capsular polysaccharide, type 5, Staphylococcus aureus; C064836:capsular polysaccharide, type 8, Staphylococcus aureus