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Cell-surface hydrophobicity of Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. F. Schneider  and
T. V. Riley
P. F. Schneider
Affiliation:
Western Diagnostic Pathology, Myaree, Western Australia 6154
T. V. Riley*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009
*
* Author for correspondence.
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The cell-surface hydrophobicity of 100 urinary isolates of Staphylococcus saprophyticus, cultured from symptomatic females in the general population, was assessed using a two-phase aqueous: hydrocarbon system. Relatively strong cell-surface hydrophobicity was exhibited by 79 isolates using the criteria employed, while only 2 of the remaining 21 isolates failed to demonstrate any detectable hydrophobicity. Cell-surface hydrophobicity may be a virulence factor of S. saprophyticus. important in adherence of the organism to uroepithelia. Additionally, the data support the concept that cell-surface hydrophobicity may be a useful predictor of clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isoated from clinical sources.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 71 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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