ANAEROBIC PATHOGENESIS - COLLAGENASE PRODUCTION BY PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS-MAGNUS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SITE OF INFECTION

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KREPEL, CJ
GOHR, CM
EDMISTON, CE
FARMER, SG
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[1] MED COLL WISCONSIN,DEPT PATHOL,MILWAUKEE,WI 53226
[2] MED COLL WISCONSIN,SURG MICROBIOL RES LAB,MILWAUKEE,WI 53226
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10.1093/infdis/163.5.1148
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Fifty isolates of Peptostreptococcus magnus from intraabdominal sepsis, nonpuerperal breast abscess, and diabetic foot infections were examined for collagenase activity using bovine type I collagen. Collagenase production was detected in a higher percentage of strains from nonpuerperal breast and diabetic foot specimens (P < .001). This enzyme may be responsible for P. magnus playing a more central role in the pathogenesis of nonpuerperal breast abscess and diabetic foot disease than in intraabdominal sepsis.
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