Abstract
Seventeen campylobacters isolated from cultures of blood samples of 16 bacteremic patients were susceptible to cephalothin and were either catalase negative or had only weak catalase activity (CNW strains) and were classified as "Campylobacter upsaliensis" (K. Sandstedt and J. Ursing, XIV Int. Congr. Microbiol., p. B8-17, 1986). All of the patients had predisposing conditions, and 10 patients were less than or equal to 12 months old, indicating that "C. upsaliensis" is an opportunistic pathogen of humans.
MeSH Terms
Campylobacter/classification,enzymology,isolation & purification
Campylobacter Infections/diagnosis
Catalase/metabolism
Cephalothin/pharmacology
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Sepsis/diagnosis,microbiology
Serotyping
Chemicals
Catalase
Cephalothin
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lastovica A J
Department of Medical Microbiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Le Roux E
Penner J L
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