TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of Species and Capsular Types of Klebsiella Clinical Isolates, with Special Reference to Klebsiella planticola
AU - Mori, Masashi
AU - Ohta, Michio
AU - Agata, Norio
AU - Kido, Nobuo
AU - Arakawa, Yoshichika
AU - Ito, Hideo
AU - Komatsu, Takayuki
AU - Kato, Nobuo
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - In the 77 reference strains for Kiebsiella K types, there are 17 strains (22.1%) of Klebsiella planticola, 6 strains (7.8%) of Klebsiella oxytoca, 1 strain (1.3%) of Klebsiella terrigena, and 53 strains (68.8%) of Kiebsiella pneumoniae. The species K. planticola, which was originally isolated from botanical and aquatic environments and hence thus named, was also identified at high incidence (81 strains, 18.5%) among the 439 recent clinical isolates of Klebsiella species. Among these K. planticola strains of hospital origin, 52 (64%) were isolated from sputum, 17 (21%) from urine, and the remaining 12 (15%) from other sources. The capsular types of these isolates were determined by the gel precipitation reaction. Seventy of 81 K. planticola isolates (86.4%) were typable by antisera to Klebsiella reference strains for K types and the K types of the clinical isolates distributed to 35 kinds of K types. The proportion of typable strains among clinical isolates of K. planticola was very similar to those in K. pneumoniae (87.5%) and K. oxytoca (86.0%).
AB - In the 77 reference strains for Kiebsiella K types, there are 17 strains (22.1%) of Klebsiella planticola, 6 strains (7.8%) of Klebsiella oxytoca, 1 strain (1.3%) of Klebsiella terrigena, and 53 strains (68.8%) of Kiebsiella pneumoniae. The species K. planticola, which was originally isolated from botanical and aquatic environments and hence thus named, was also identified at high incidence (81 strains, 18.5%) among the 439 recent clinical isolates of Klebsiella species. Among these K. planticola strains of hospital origin, 52 (64%) were isolated from sputum, 17 (21%) from urine, and the remaining 12 (15%) from other sources. The capsular types of these isolates were determined by the gel precipitation reaction. Seventy of 81 K. planticola isolates (86.4%) were typable by antisera to Klebsiella reference strains for K types and the K types of the clinical isolates distributed to 35 kinds of K types. The proportion of typable strains among clinical isolates of K. planticola was very similar to those in K. pneumoniae (87.5%) and K. oxytoca (86.0%).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb00976.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb00976.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2593874
AN - SCOPUS:0024835101
SN - 0385-5600
VL - 33
SP - 897
EP - 906
JO - MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY
JF - MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY
IS - 11
ER -