Lipolytic activity of Staphylococcus aureus strains from disseminated and localized infections
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Summary, in English
Lipase production of 425 S. aureus strains isolated from patients with different clinical diagnoses and healthy carriers were measured by a specific method, using emulsified trioleoylglycerol substrate. Strains isolated from patients with septicemia showed significantly higher lipase activity than osteomyelitis strains (p = 0.011), impetigo strains (p = 0.002) and strains isolated from healthy relatives of patients with recurrent furunculosis (p = 0.019). Recurrent furunculosis and pyomyositis strains had significantly higher (p = 0.002 and 0.032, respectively) lipase activity than septicemia strains. S. aureus strains isolated from patients with a significant antibody response in an antilipase ELISA did not show a higher lipase activity in culture supernatants than strains from patients without a significant antibody response. The lipase activity was significantly higher in strains isolated from deep or subcutaneous infections, i.e., septicemia, pyomyositis, osteomyelitis, aerobic and anaerobic furunculosis, than in strains from superficial infections, i.e. impetigo, or from nasal mucosa.
Department/s
- Research Policy Institute (RPI)
- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology
Publishing year
1987
Language
English
Pages
109-113
Publication/Series
Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology
Volume
95
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Topic
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0108-0180