Confirmation of nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae-like organisms isolated from outbreaks of epidemic conjunctivitis as Streptococcus pneumoniae

Maria Gloria S Carvalho; Arnold G Steigerwalt; Terry Thompson; Delois Jackson; Richard R Facklam

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.9.4415-4417.2003

Confirmation of nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae-like organisms isolated from outbreaks of epidemic conjunctivitis as Streptococcus pneumoniae

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep;41(9):4415-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4415-4417.2003.

Authors

Maria Gloria S Carvalho¹, Arnold G Steigerwalt, Terry Thompson, Delois Jackson, Richard R Facklam

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. CNPq, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Abstract

Eleven isolates representing five distinct outbreaks of pneumococcal conjunctivitis were examined for phenotypic and genetic characteristics. None of the strains possessed capsules, and all strains were susceptible to optochin, bile soluble, and Gen-Probe AccuProbe test positive. All 11 isolates were confirmed as Streptococcus pneumoniae by DNA-DNA reassociation experiments.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Conjunctivitis / epidemiology*
Conjunctivitis / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Phenotype
Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial