Active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus causing urogenital and neonatal infections discriminates them from Haemophilus influenzae sensu stricto.
The presence of active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in isolates of the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus, responsible for urogenital, neonatal, and mother-infant infections, can be used as a biochemical marker to discriminate them from H. influenzae sensu stricto strains.
Langford
Paul R
PR
Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. p.langford@ic.ac.uk
Sheehan
Brian J
BJ
Shaikh
Taheed
T
Kroll
J Simon
JS
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; C116114:sodC protein, E coli