Pathogenicity of piliated and encapsulatedBacteroides fragilis
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 3 (3) , 207-209
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02014880
Abstract
Of 20 isolates of theBacteroides fragilis group, only three were encapsulated (C+) and these induced abscesses in mice. After coinoculation with live, formalized or capsular material from other bacteria seven other isolates formed abscesses. TheBacteroides recovered from these abscesses were C+; those that had been inoculated withKlebsiella had pili-like and bacteriophage-like structures. Once encapsulated, theBacteroides isolates induced abscesses when injected alone.Keywords
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