Li Z, Wang X, Bian Z, Li S, Zheng H, Zhao B, Chen J
Bacteriological Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hebei Medical College, Shijiazhuang, China.
Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1992 Feb;66(2):144-8. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.144.
P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris are the two wellknown species in the genus Proteus. P. myxofaciens and P. penneri are recent additions to the genus. We isolated P. penneri from the pus of a patient with suppurative otitis media and an epidural abscess. The characteristics of the organism, including morphology, staining, physiology and biochemistry, were studied. Clinical microbiological laboratories should suspect P. penneri in the case of as Proteus strain that is negative for indole, salicin and esculin, but otherwise resembles P. vulgaris. Proteus penneri, formerly known as Proteus vulgaris indole-negative or as Proteus vulgaris biogroup 1, was named by Hickman et al in 1932. Little information about human infection by this organism is available. In 1982, Hickman and co-workers studied 20 strain of P. penneri which were isolated from clinical specimens (urine, stool, etc.) in the USA. However, its clinical significance, until recently, was unknown. We isolated a strain of P. penneri from the pus of a patient with suppurative otitis media and an epidural abscess on June 10 and 15, 1989. This paper concerns the problems encountered in identifying this organism and its clinical significance.
奇异变形杆菌和普通变形杆菌是变形杆菌属中两个著名的菌种。黏液变形杆菌和彭氏变形杆菌是该属的新成员。我们从一名患有化脓性中耳炎和硬膜外脓肿患者的脓液中分离出了彭氏变形杆菌。对该菌株的形态、染色、生理和生化等特性进行了研究。临床微生物实验室对于吲哚、水杨苷和七叶苷检测呈阴性，但其他方面与普通变形杆菌相似的变形杆菌菌株，应怀疑为彭氏变形杆菌。彭氏变形杆菌，以前称为吲哚阴性普通变形杆菌或普通变形杆菌生物群1，是希克曼等人于1932年命名的。关于该菌株感染人类的信息很少。1982年，希克曼及其同事研究了从美国临床标本（尿液、粪便等）中分离出的20株彭氏变形杆菌。然而，直到最近，其临床意义仍不明确。我们于1989年6月10日和15日从一名患有化脓性中耳炎和硬膜外脓肿患者的脓液中分离出了一株彭氏变形杆菌。本文关注在鉴定该菌株过程中遇到的问题及其临床意义。
