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Garcia,Doroti de Oliveira; Timenetsky,Jorge; Martinez,Marina Baquerizo; Francisco,Waldemar; Sinto,Sumiko I.; Yanaguita,Roberto Mitio. |
Forty-six S. maltophilia isolates obtained from hospital clinical specimens were studied for protease (caseinase and elastase) production, hemolytic activity, adhesion to HEp-2 cells, plastic and glass. Susceptibility to antimicrobial agents was also evaluated. The majority of isolates were obtained from respiratory tract secretions of patients using medical devices. All the isolates grown overnight were able to hydrolyze casein at 30ºC and 37ºC. After 72h, all the isolates hydrolyzed elastase at 30ºC and 40 isolates (87%) at 37ºC. Most of the isolates presented hemolytic activity after 96h of incubation at both temperatures. Rabbit blood showed the hightest hemolytic activity, after 96h 61% and 98% of tested isolates presented beta-hemolysis at 30ºC and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia proteases; Elastase hemolysins adhesion antimicrobial agents. |
Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822002000200012 |
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