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Identification of a hemolytic activity elaborated by Haemophilus ducreyi
K L Palmer1, S Grass, R S Munson
1Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Infection and Immunity
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
Haemophilus ducreyi is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease chancroid. We have identified a hemolytic activity expressed by H. ducreyi. This activity is most readily detected when horse erythrocytes are used as a target; however, low levels of activity can be detected with sheep, human, or rabbit erythrocyte targets. The activity is heat labile and protease sensitive.