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Staphylococcus epidermidis BV: antibiotic resistance patterns, physiological characteristics, and bacteriophage susceptibility.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 22 ·No. 4 ·1971-10-00 ·Pages 693-9

Schaefler S

Abstract

Staphylococcus epidermidis BV is a group of mannitol-fermenting coagulase-negative staphylococci characterized by multiple antibiotic resistance, very similar biochemical characteristics, and phage susceptibility. Clinical isolates belonging to this group are resistant to most antibiotics tested, including oxacillin, lincomycin, and novobiocin. The only antibiotic to which all tested strains are sensitive is vancomycin. Common biochemical traits of the tested S. epidermidis BV strains include fermentation of trehalose and ribose, phospho-beta-glucosidase activity, growth on synthetic medium with amino acids as carbon source, and lack of deoxyribonuclease, phosphatase, lipase, and gelatinase activity. Some of these characteristics appear more frequently in mannitol-positive control strains than in mannitol-negative strains. S. epidermidis BV strains carry lysogenic phages with a host range restricted to this group. These phages allow the differentiation of individual strains.

MeSH Terms
Agglutination Tests Amino Acids/metabolism Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Antigens, Bacterial/analysis Bacteriophage Typing Carbohydrate Metabolism Culture Media Drug Resistance, Microbial Fermentation Glucosidases/metabolism Humans Immune Sera Mannitol/metabolism Rabbits Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology Staphylococcus/classification,drug effects,enzymology,growth & development,immunology,isolation & purification,metabolism,physiology
Chemicals
Amino Acids Anti-Bacterial Agents Antigens, Bacterial Culture Media Immune Sera Mannitol Glucosidases
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Schaefler S
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Article Info
Journal
Applied microbiology
Abbr.
Appl Microbiol
ISSN
0003-6919
DOI
10.1128/am.22.4.693-699.1971
Published
1971-10-00
Pages
693-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7605802
PMCID
PMC376388
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.22.4.693-699.1971 PMC Full Text
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