Korean J Clin Microbiol.
1998 Sep;1(1):82-96.
Isolation Rate and Biochemical Reaction of Enterobacteriaceae
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- 2Department of Medical Information Development, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: In clinical microbiology the accurate and rapid identification of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae is essential for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and for epidemiologic studies. Accuracy of identification system depends mainly on data base such as positive rate of biochemical reactions, relative frequency of occurrence of biotype, and isolation frequency of microorganisms. The purpose of this study was to analyze the isolation rate and biotype frequency of the family Enterobacteriaceae isolated from tertiary care hospital in Korea.
METHODS
Isolation frequency of the family Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical specimens during the period of January 1998 to June 1998 were analyzed. And biochemical phenotypes of 2,022 isolates tested by 10 tube system consisting of 14 conventional biochemical tests were also analyzed.
RESULTS
Isolation rate of the family Enterobacteriaceae to the genus level in order of decreasing frequency were Escherichia (37.0%), Serratia (15.9%), Klebsiella (14.9%), Enterobacter (11.1%), Providencia (8.1%), Citrobacter (2.8%), Proteus (2.5%), Morganella (2.4%), Salmonella (2.4%), and Cedecea (0.7%). Among the genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Budvicia, Edwardsiella, Ewingella, Hafnia, Kluyvera, Leminorella, Moellerella, Shigella, Tatumella, Xenorhabdus, Yersinia, and Yokenella were not isolated. The number of species and genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae by this study were 48 and 12, respectively. Over 95% of all clinical isolates belonged to only 25 species.
CONCLUSIONS
Although these data about frequency of relative isolation rate and biotype patterns of the family Enterobacteriaceae is inadequate according to species and genus, yet these data will be utilized for the application and development of identification method of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
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