title: Characteristics of Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from diseased and healthy dogs.
abstract: Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from diseased and healthy dogs were examined for production of extracellular enzymes and toxins, and phage patterns. There were no significant differences between the two groups of isolates in the production rates of DNase, protease, lipase, gelatinase, hyaluronidase, hemolysins, protein A, and TSST-1, or in phage patterns. But the production rate of enterotoxins in isolates from diseased dogs was significantly higher than that in isolates from healthy dogs. PFGE analysis was performed with isolates from different body sites in individual dogs. In 3 of 6 healthy dogs, identical PFGE patterns were seen in isolates from the nares, external auditory meatus or skin. The remaining 3 dogs yielded isolates of different patterns. In 4 of 6 diseased dogs, identical patterns were seen in isolates from lesions as well as from the other normal sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ootsuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing / Q000662:veterinary; D002353:Carrier State / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000662:veterinary; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*