Clostridium sordellii as a Cause of Fatal Septic Shock in a Child with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Table 1
The list of the biochemical tests on the panel.
Substrates
Abbreviations
Organism reaction
p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside
BGAL
Negative
p-Nitrophenyl-α-D-galactopyranoside
AGAL
Negative
bis-p-Nitrophenyl-phosphate
BPO4
Negative
p-Nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminide
NGLU
Negative
p-Nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside
AGL
Positive
o-Nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside
BGL
Negative
p-Nitrophenyl-phosphate
PO4
Negative
p-Nitrophenyl-α-L-fucopyranoside
AFU
Positive
p-Nitrophenyl-α-D-mannopyranoside
MNP
Negative
L-Leucine-β-naphthylamide
LEU
Negative
DL-Methionine-β-naphthylamide
MET
Negative
L-Lysine-β-naphthylamide (alkaline)
LYB
Negative
Substrates
Abbreviations
Negative
L-Lysine-β-naphthylamide (acid)
LYA
Negative
Glycylglycine-β-naphthylamide
GGLY
Negative
Glycine-β-naphthylamide
GLY
Negative
L-Proline-β-naphthylamide
PRO
Positive
L-Arginine-β-naphthylamide
ARG
Negative
L-Pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide
PYR
Negative
L-Tryptophan-β-naphthylamide
TRY
Negative
3-Indoxyl phosphate
IDX
Negative
Trehalose
TRE
Negative
Urea
URE
Positive
Indole
IND
Positive
Nitrate
NIT
Negative
This set of biochemical reactions was compared to the MicroScan Database for Clostridia species. The result for this set of positive and negative biochemical reactions was consistent with a 99.99% probability of Clostridium sordellii.