Histidine decarboxylase in Enterobacteriaceae revisited

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5923-5924

  Wauters, Georges ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Charlier, Jacqueline ^a   Janssens, Michèle ^a   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CITROBACTER; DECARBOXYLATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER YOUNGAE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEGIBACTERIA; RAOULTELLA; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA;

EID: 10844273904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5923-5924.2004     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Abbott, S. 2003. Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Serratia, Plesiomonas, and other Enterobacteriaceae. p. 684-700. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, J. H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller, and R. H Yolken (ed.), Manual of clinical microbiology, 8th ed., vol. 1. ASM Press, Washington, D.C.
2. De Gheldre, Y., M. J. Struelens, Y. Glupczynski, P. De Mol, N. Maes, C. Nonhoff, H. Chetoui, C. Sion, O. Ronveaux, M. Vaneechoutte, and le Groupement pour le Dépistage, l'Etude et la Prevention des Infections Hospitalières (GDEPIH-GOSPIZ). 2001. National epidemiologic surveys of Enterobacter aerogenes in Belgian hospitals from 1996 to 1998. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:889-896.
3. Enjalbert, F., C. Richard, M. Attisso, and A. Cremieux. 1979. Detection and significance of histidine decarboxylase (HDC) in "Klebsiella", "Enterobacter" and "Serratia." Ann. Microbiol (Paris) 130A:385-388.
4. Farmer, J. I. 2003. Enterobacteriaceae: introduction and identification., p. 636-653. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, J. H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller, and R. H Yolken (ed.), Manual of clinical microbiology, 8th ed., vol. 1. Washington, D.C.
5. Havelka, B. 1969. Contribution on the use of Møller's medium for the demonstration of histidine decarboxylase. J. Hyg. Epidemiol. Microbiol. Immunol. 13:463-467.
6. Kanki, M., T. Yoda, T. Tsukamoto, and T. Shibata. 2002. Klebsiella pneumoniae produces no histamine: Raoultella planticola and Raoultella ornithinolytica strains are histamine producers. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3462-3466.
7. O'Hara, C. M., and J. M. Miller. 2002. Ability of the MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative ID Type 3 panel to identify nonenteric glucose-fermenting and nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:3750-3752.
8. Takahashi, H., B. Kimura, M. Yoshikawa, and T. Fujii. 2003. Cloning and sequencing of the histidine decarboxylase genes of gram-negative, histamine-producing bacteria and their application in detection and identification of these organisms in fish. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2568-2579.
9. Taylor, W. I. 1961. Isolation of salmonellae from food samples. V. Determination of the method of choice for enumeration of Salmonella. Appl. Microbiol. 9:487-490.
10. Wauters, G., V. Avesani, K. Laffineur, J. Charlier, M. Janssens, B. Van Bosterhaut, and M. Delmee. 2003. Brevibacterium lutescens sp. nov., from human and environmental samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:1321-1325.
11. Wauters, G., A. Boel, G. P. Voorn, J. Verhaegen, F. Meunier, M. Janssens, and L. Verbist. 1995. Evaluation of a new identification system, Crystal Enteric/Non-Fermenter, for gram-negative bacilli. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:845-849.