Rapid biochemical test to identify verocytotoxin-positive strains of Escherichia coli serotype O157
Rapid biochemical test to identify verocytotoxin-positive strains of Escherichia coli serotype O157
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快速生化检测鉴定 O157 血清型大肠杆菌 Verocytotoxin 阳性菌株
DOI:
10.1128/jcm.28.10.2165-2168.1990
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
A. Borczyk
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作者:
J. S. Thompson;D. Hodge;A. Borczyk
Fluorogenic procedures were used with the substrate 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide (MUG) to identify Escherichia coli. Most strains produced beta-glucuronidase and, thus, were MUG positive. A 20-min procedure was developed to detect glucuronidase activity in 1,295 bacterial cultures, representing 23 genera, of strains that were isolated from clinical specimens. Very few organisms other than E. coli were MUG positive. Of 682 E. coli strains that were isolated, 630 (92.4%) were MUG positive. When an additional 188 E. coli serotype O157 isolates were examined, 155 E. coli O157:H7, 10 E. coli O157:H-, and 1 E. coli O157:H (rough) isolate were MUG negative. All 166 cultures were verocytotoxin positive. Of the remaining 22 E. coli O157 isolates, 2 isolates were O157:H-, 1 isolate was O157:H (rough), and 19 isolates were other H types (H6, H16, H19, H25, H42, and H45); these 22 isolates were MUG positive. All 22 cultures were verocytotoxin negative. The rapid MUG procedure can be used to predict verocytotoxin-positive isolates of E. coli O157; that is, there is a very good likelihood that MUG-negative E. coli O157 isolates are verocytotoxin positive.