The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 132, 694-701,
Copyright © 1970 by The Rockefeller University Press
STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION OF BACTERIOCINES BY GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI AND ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Gary D. Overturf M.D.1 and
Edward A. Mortimer Jr. M.D.1
1 From the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
The previously reported relationship between nephritogenicity and bacteriocine production among Group A streptococci has been examined. Using techniques comparable to the earlier study, the present study did not reveal any such relationship. Among 73 strains tested, 53% produced bacteriocines; no significant difference was noted between bacteriocines from strains isolated from cases of nephritis and those from a group of strains recovered from patients with other conditions. In addition, no correlation between type and bacteriocine production was observed.
Submitted on May 29, 1970