Active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus causing urogenital and neonatal infections discriminates them from Haemophilus influenzae sensu stricto

Paul R Langford; Brian J Sheehan; Taheed Shaikh; J Simon Kroll

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.1.268-270.2002

Active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus causing urogenital and neonatal infections discriminates them from Haemophilus influenzae sensu stricto

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jan;40(1):268-70. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.268-270.2002.

Authors

Paul R Langford¹, Brian J Sheehan, Taheed Shaikh, J Simon Kroll

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. p.langford@ic.ac.uk

Abstract

The presence of active copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase in isolates of the cryptic genospecies of Haemophilus, responsible for urogenital, neonatal, and mother-infant infections, can be used as a biochemical marker to discriminate them from H. influenzae sensu stricto strains.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Escherichia coli Proteins*
Female
Female Urogenital Diseases / microbiology*
Haemophilus Infections / microbiology*
Haemophilus Infections / transmission
Haemophilus influenzae / classification*
Haemophilus influenzae / enzymology*
Haemophilus influenzae / genetics
Haemophilus influenzae / pathogenicity
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Superoxide Dismutase / genetics*
Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism

Substances

Escherichia coli Proteins
Superoxide Dismutase
sodC protein, E coli