Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from human blood cultures
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | FEMS immunology and medical microbiology |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00199.x |
| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Lactobacillus; Leuconostoc; Weissella; blood culture; taxonomy |
| Description | Fifteen lactic acid bacteria strains were isolated from blood cultures from 15 different patients in the Faculty Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic. All strains were identified using biochemical tests and rep-PCR using the (GTG)5 primer. Doubtful identification results were confirmed by whole-cell protein analysis. The strains were assigned to the genera Lactobacillus (eight strains representing seven species), Leuconostoc (six strains representing four species) and Weissella (one strain). Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using the E-test and revealed high-level resistance to co-trimoxazol, metronidazole, vancomycin and teicoplanin, but nearly all strains were susceptible to erythromycin, clindamycin, ampicillin and penicillin. |
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