Opsonic Requirements of Staphylococcus Epidermidis

Opsonic activity of intravenous immunoglobulin preparations against Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Peritoneal dialysis effluent collected from patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis had no opsonic activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis and contained low concentrations of IgG and C3 (roughly equal to those found in 0.5% normal human serum). An intravenous immunoglobulin preparation that showed no opsonic activity against the same organism, on its own or when added ...

The fibrinogen binding protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis is a target for opsonic antibodies.

Antibodies against the fibrinogen binding protein (Fbe) of Staphylococcus epidermidis significantly increased macrophage phagocytosis. Antibodies against autolysin E were opsonic but to a lesser extent. Antibodies against a novel, putatively surface-located antigen were unable to enhance phagocytosis. The severity of systemic infection of mice with S. epidermidis was reduced if the bacteria wer...

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Phage typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Thirteen phages were isolated from lysogenic cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis from a clinical laboratory and used to type 223 clinical isolates of this organism. The 18 phages isolated in The Netherlands were used to type these same cultures. No correlation was observed between phage type, biotype, or clinical source of isolation. At phage concentrations of 100 times the routine test dilu...

Deoxyribonuclease-positive Staphylococcus epidermidis strains.

Use of the agar plate test for the enzyme deoxyribonucleate 3'-nucleotidohydrolase (deoxyribonuclease) can result in frequent misdiagnosis of Staphylococcus epidermidis as S. aureus.