title: Prevalence and characterization of leukotoxin-producing Staphylococcus intermedius in Isolates from dogs and pigeons.
abstract: Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from dogs (n = 44) and pigeons (n = 62) were categorized into 12 types by intergenic ribosomal DNA spacer polymorphism analysis. All isolates from pigeons were lukS positive and all isolates from dogs were lukS and lukF positive by dot blot analysis. The mean leukotoxicity titer for dog isolates was at least 129-fold higher than that for pigeon isolates.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Sciences, School of health Sciences, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Inashiki, Ibaraki, Japan. saitohk@azabu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Futagawa-Saito
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karube
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ba-Thein
authors.forename: Tsuguaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuyasu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D010856:Columbidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C108483:leukocidin S-component protein, Staphylococcus; C018579:leukotoxin; C074300:LukF protein, Staphylococcus aureus