LABORATORY EVALUATION ON PATHOGENIC POTENTIALITIES OF VIBRIO-FURNISSII

被引:10
作者
MAGALHAES, V [1 ]
CASTELLO, A [1 ]
MAGALHAES, M [1 ]
GOMES, TT [1 ]
机构
[1] ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,BR-04023 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
来源
MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ | 1993年 / 88卷 / 04期
关键词
VIBRIO-FURNISSII; VIBRIO PATHOGENICITY; DIARRHEA; CYTOLYSIN;
D O I
10.1590/S0074-02761993000400017
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Sixteen strains of Vibrio furnissii recovered from 16 Brazilian patients with diarrhea were screened for virulence-associated factors. All strains were non-invasive, non-fimbriated, and did not produce either enterotoxins or cholera-like toxin. In contrast, most were hemolytic on blood agar and their broth-culture supernatants damaged HeLa cell monolayers. These cytolysins, as accepted for other enteropathogenic members of the family Vibrionaceae, might be determinants of pathogenicity in V. furnissii-mediated enteritis.
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