[The mechanisms of Proteus mirabilis resistance to the bactericidal action of blood serum].

Abstract

When studying sensitivity of Proteus mirabilis to bactericide effect of blood serum the resistance to alternative way of the complement activation was found in a number of strains. The population of cells with morphologically determinable changes of the surface structures resistant to bactericide effect of the serum is formed as affected by the blood serum of the culture P. mirabilis. Proteus proteases capable to inactivate the complement components are one of the factors of P. mirabilis resistance to bactericide effect of the complement.