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  • Title: [New bacteriophages of Staphylococcus epidermidis: evaluation of their epidemiological value].
    Author: Bes M, Brun Y, Fleurette J.
    Journal: Ann Microbiol (Paris); 1984; 135B(2):165-76. PubMed ID: 6239581.
    Abstract:
    Coagulase-negative staphylococci, and in particular Staphylococcus epidermidis, are now being recognized as causing human infections with increasing frequency; the absence of an internationally accepted system of phage-typing for coagulase-negative staphylococci led us to isolate new phages. Fifty strains of S. epidermidis isolated from human infections were induced with mitomycin C: eight phages (41, 63, 118-II, 138, 245, 336, 392 and 550) were isolated. These phages were propagated on five different strains of S. epidermidis. Their phages were propagated on five different strains of S. epidermidis. Their lytic activity as studied on 561 strains. Phages 336, 392 and 550 had a different host-range and different propagative strains; they typed 93% of the strains susceptible to the 8 phages. The other phages had an activity similar to that of phage 336. Twenty-one per cent of non-epidemic strains were susceptible to at least one of the three phages. The reproducibility, specificity and discriminatory power of these phages suggest they may be a useful addition to previously recognized phages.
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