Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research
Capnocytophaga canimorsus Capsular Serovar and Disease Severity, Helsinki Hospital District, Finland, 2000–2017
Table 1
Capsular typing of 73 Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolates from patient blood samples, Helsinki Hospital District, Finland, 2000–2017*
Isolates |
PCR typing† | Western blot typing‡ | Serovar |
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ABC |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
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H11, H16, H23, H37, H39, H42, H48, H52, H56, H60, H62, H70, H74, H75, H76, H78, H80 | + | + | + | – | – | – | + | – | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | A | |
H3, H4, H5, H6, H9, H14, H22, H25, H26, H30, H35, H38, H49, H50, H53, H55, H57, H58, H63, H65, H67, H68, H69, H71, H72, H73, H79 | + | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | B | |
H27 | + | – | + | – | – | – | + | + | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | B | |
H1, H7, H8, H10, H13, H15, H17, H18, H19, H20, H28, H29, H33, H34, H36, H43, H44, H45, H46, H47, H51, H59 | + | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | C | |
H41, H64 | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | D | |
H31 | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | – | ND | + | ND | ND | ND | ND | E | |
H21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | I | |
H12, H24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | NT |
*ND, not done; NT, nontypeable.
†We performed PCR capsular typing using the oligonucleotides given in Technical Appendix Table). Results were interpreted as done previously (7): isolates positive for PCR ABC, A, and B were typed as A, isolates positive for PCR ABC and B were typed as B, and isolates positive for PCR ABC and C were typed as C.
‡Western blot analyses on polysaccharidic structures were performed by using specific polyclonal rabbit antisera.
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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors were co–principal investigators.