The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)
- Volume 21 Issue 3
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- Pages.331-336
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- 1986
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- 0253-3162(pISSN)
Isolation and Characterization of Leptospira Interrogans in Korea, 1985
한국에서 분리된 렙토스피라균의 생물학적 특성에 대한 연구(1985)
- Park, Kyung-Seok (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Oh, Hee-Bok (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Lee, Myung-Sook (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Sung, Won-Keun (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Park, Mi-Yeoun (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Lee, Yong-Woo (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Kim, Ho-Hoon (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health) ;
- Paik, Sung-Bok (Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Health)
- 박경석 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 오희복 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 이명숙 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 성언근 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 박미연 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 이용우 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 김호훈 (국립보건원 미생물부) ;
- 백승복 (국립보건원 미생물부)
- Published : 1986.09.30
Abstract
A microbiological study for the isolation and characterization of Leptospira interrogans was performed in an attempt to define the characteristics of Leptospirosis in Korea. The results are summerised as follows. Thirty-five cultures were isolated from 11 patients with leptospirosis and 24 wild rodents captured in Paju area. The isolation rate of Leptospira from wild rodents reached 23.1%. All 35 cultures were identified as Leptospira interrogans by their characteristic morphology and motility in dark field microscopy, pathogenecity in Guinea pig and sensitivity to 8-Azaguanine. Cultures formed diffuse subsurface colonies with hazy margin and were catalase, peroxidase and oxdase positive. The fifty percent lethal dose of isolate HM 4 in Guinea pig was