Open AccessProperties of Strains of Escherichia Coli Isolated from a Variety of Sources
Author(s) -
Cooke Em,
Ewins Sp
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-8-1-107
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , hemolysin , biology , urinary system , enterobacteriaceae , virulence , genetics , gene , endocrinology
Strains of Escherichia coli causing urinary-tract infections were found to be more commonly haemolytic than were faecal strains. Strains from the introitus that subsequently gave rise to urinary-tract infections resembled urinary strains and those that did not give rise to infections resembled faecal strains. alpha-Haemolysin production was closely associated, in strains from a variety of different sources, with the production of a haemolysin detectable in liquid medium and with cytotoxicity in tissue culture.