Effect of High Oxygen Concentration on Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus
AUTOR(ES)
Schmidt, Jerome P.
RESUMO
Cultures of Staphylococcus aureus were agitated and treated with oxygen or air for a period of 29 days. At intervals of 1, 3, 9, 15, and 29 days, samples of washed cells were tested for coagulase activity and for abscess-producing ability. It was found that aeration with agitation initially increased abscess formation and that the increase was of the same magnitude for oxygen and air. Continued treatment beyond 1 day resulted in a progressive decrease in this activity which was more pronounced in the oxygenated cultures. Throughout the treatment, the bound coagulase activity remained constant. Thus, there appeared to be no quantitative relationship of coagulase titer with virulence as expressed by lesion formation.
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