title: Characterization of Streptococcus sanguis isolated from patients with Behçet's disease.
abstract: The DNA homology and cell wall sugar constituents of eight Streptococcus sanguis(-like) strains, three isolated from the patients with Behçet's disease (BD114-23, BD113-20, BD118-1), two from patients with Kawasaki disease (MCLS-1, MCLS-2), and three type and reference strains of ATCC (ATCC10556T: S. sanguis, ATCC10557: S. oralis, and ATCC10558T: S. gordonii) were analyzed. Strains BD114-23 and BD118-1 showed high DNA homology to ATCC10556T, and their cell wall constituents were identical. Conversely, BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557 showed little DNA homology to ATCC10556T and ATCC10558T, but showed approximately 50 to 60% homology to each other. The cell wall constituents of BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557, however, were somewhat different, indicating that some of the clinical isolates have different characters from those of the three ATCC strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isogai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oguma
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000737:chemistry; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial