Variation in metabolic enzyme activity of persistent Haemophilus influenzae in respiratory tracts of patients with cystic fibrosis.
AUTOR(ES)
Möller, L V
RESUMO
Haemophilus influenzae organisms were isolated from sputum specimens prospectively collected from 40 patients with cystic fibrosis during 2 years to study variations in the metabolic enzyme activities of persistent H. influenzae strains as determined by biotyping. In total, 97 distinct H. influenzae strains without variations in their major outer membrane protein (MOMP) patterns and 73 MOMP variants derived from 30 of these distinct strains were obtained. Twelve distinct strains and 42 MOMP variant strains were isolated at multiple time points during the study period, indicating the persistence of these strains. Among the 54 persistent H. influenzae strains, 22 (41%) strains with stable MOMP compositions showed random variations in biotypes. In 39 of 103 (38%) H. influenzae strains, biotype changes coincided with MOMP variations. Biotype variations were the result of both the loss and the acquisition of enzyme activities. The results of the study indicate that changes in metabolic enzyme activity occur randomly during the persistence of H. influenzae organisms in cystic fibrosis patients, irrespective of MOMP variations.
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