TY - JOUR
T1 - Mucoid encapsulated Enterococcus faecalis
T2 - An emerging morphotype isolated from patients with urinary tract infections
AU - Bottone, Edward J.
AU - Patel, Lina
AU - Patel, Pritty
AU - Robin, Thomas
PY - 1998/7
Y1 - 1998/7
N2 - Three strains of encapsulated Enterococcus faecalis, which produced highly mucoid coalescing colonies on routine bacteriologic media, were isolated from urine specimens of patients with urinary tract infection. Encapsulation could be demonstrated through India ink preparations. The occurrence of this unusual enterococcal colony morphotype, which resembles that of a Gram-negative bacterium, may delay true identification.
AB - Three strains of encapsulated Enterococcus faecalis, which produced highly mucoid coalescing colonies on routine bacteriologic media, were isolated from urine specimens of patients with urinary tract infection. Encapsulation could be demonstrated through India ink preparations. The occurrence of this unusual enterococcal colony morphotype, which resembles that of a Gram-negative bacterium, may delay true identification.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031745768&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00027-3
DO - 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00027-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 9635233
AN - SCOPUS:0031745768
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 31
SP - 429
EP - 430
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 3
ER -