[Selected features determine pathogenicity of Staphylococcus haemolyticus].
The study have been done on S. haemolyticus strains isolated from patients hospitalized an Surgical Unit. Aim of the study was to determine pathogenic traits of S. haemolyticus: slime producing, adhesion to biomaterials, antibiotics susceptibility and the profiles of surface proteins. Among 44 S. haemolyticus strains, in the test-tube method, there have been 38% labeled as slime producing and 62% as non-producing. In the plate method at 48% slime production was noticed, while 52% strains did not produce slime. It is quite significant that all CNS strains which have an ability to produce mucus, that was proved by means of two methods (test-tube and plate), show a high level of TTC's reduction to formazan. The analysis of resistance to antibiotics in relation to slime production demonstrated more frequent antibiotic resistance of the slime-producing strains.
Bartoszewicz
Marzenna
M
Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii AM we Wrocławiu. marzbp@mbio.am.wroc.pl
Nowicka
Joanna
J
Przondo-Mordarska
Anna
A
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D041162:Staphylococcus haemolyticus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins