Sepsis: mechanisms of bacterial injury to the patient

Table 1 Microbiological features of sepsis causing bacteria that cause problems to host defense

	Staphylococcus aureus	Coagulase-negative staph	Streptococcus pneumonia	Haemophilus influenza b	Neisseria meningitidis	Klebsiella pneumonia	Enterococcus faecalis	Acinetobacter baumanii	Escherichia coli	Salmonella enterica	Shigella dysenteriae	Citrobacter freundii	Serratia marcescens	Proteus mirabilis	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Bacteroides fragilis
Glutathione peroxidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Catalase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Superoxide dismutase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hemolysins	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
S-layer	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Capsule	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Slime layer	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Biofilm	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Respiration	FAN	FAN	FAN	FAN	AMA	FAN	FAN	A	FAN	FAN	FAN	FAN	FAN	FAN	FAN	OAN

Abbreviations: FAN Facultative anaerobic bacteria, MA Micro aerobic bacteria, OAN Obligate anaerobic bacteria, A Aerobic bacteria

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