Penner J L, Hennessy J N
J Clin Microbiol. 1979 Dec;10(6):834-40. doi: 10.1128/jcm.10.6.834-840.1979.
A somatic (O) antigen serotyping scheme for Providencia rettgeri (Proteus rettgeri) was modified to exclude O-type strains recently reclassified as urea-positive Providencia stuartii and was extended to include new serotypes to provide for serotyping on the basis of 93 O-antigens. Isolates from two hospitals, five public health laboratories, and nonhuman sources (polluted water and frogs) were serotyped. The 112 isolates collected from a large general hospital over a 99-month period were distributed among 42 O-serotypes. No serotype showed significant predominance that would suggest the occurrence of human strains that are more prone than others to cause human infections, but in an institution experiencing cross-infection, 11 of the 22 (50%) isolates belonged to one serotype. The 54 isolates from the five public health laboratories belonged to 33 serotypes, 15 of which were found also among hospital isolates. All but 5 of 99 frog isolates were typable, and the 94 typable isolates were separated into 25 serotypes. Each of the four isolates from polluted water samples was of a different serotype. Sixteen of the serotypes found in frogs and three found in water were also identified among human isolates.
雷氏普罗威登斯菌（变形杆菌雷氏亚种）的体细胞（O）抗原血清分型方案进行了修改，以排除最近重新分类为尿素阳性斯氏普罗威登斯菌的O型菌株，并扩展到包括新的血清型，以便基于93种O抗原进行血清分型。对来自两家医院、五个公共卫生实验室以及非人类来源（污水和青蛙）的分离株进行了血清分型。在99个月期间从一家大型综合医院收集的112株分离株分布在42种O血清型中。没有哪种血清型显示出明显的优势，表明存在比其他菌株更易引起人类感染的人类菌株，但在一个发生交叉感染的机构中，22株分离株中有11株（50%）属于一种血清型。来自五个公共卫生实验室的54株分离株属于33种血清型，其中15种血清型也在医院分离株中发现。99株青蛙分离株中除5株外均可分型，94株可分型的分离株被分为25种血清型。污水样本中的4株分离株各属于不同的血清型。在青蛙中发现的16种血清型和在水中发现的3种血清型也在人类分离株中被鉴定出来。
