SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CAMPYLOBACTER ISOLATES TO THE BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN-SERUM
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CAMPYLOBACTER ISOLATES TO THE BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN-SERUM
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/151.2.227
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
KOHLER, PF
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作者:
BLASER, MJ;SMITH, PF;KOHLER, PF
Although C. jejuni and related thermophilic organisms are more common human pathogens than are C. fetus, most bloodstream or systemic isolates are C. fetus. To understand the pathophysiology related to this observation, susceptibility to the bactericidal activity of normal human serum of C. coli, C. jejuni, and C. fetus isolates from feces and blood was studied. In standardized assays, 10 of 15 C. jejuni and related isolates showed 90% kill (mean, 90.6% .+-. 5.9); under more stringent conditions, the relatively resistant strains were completely killed. All C. fetus strains were highly serum resistant under standard and stringent conditions. Killing of C. jejuni was ablated by heating serum to 56.degree. C but restored by addition of complement. Both classical and alternative complement pathways may contribute to killing, and adsorption studies demonstrated antibody dependence. Serum resistance may permit systemic infection by C. fetus, whereas complement- and antibody-mediated serum sensitivity of C. jejuni may account for the relative infrequency of systemic invasion.