Occurrence of Capsular Polysaccharide/Adhesin among Clinical Isolates of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1211-1218

  Pier, Gerald B ^a,b   Muller, Eugene ^a,b   Takeda, Shugo ^a,b,c   Shiro, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Goldmann, Donald ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ELASTOMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COAGULASE; HUMAN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027369894     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.5.1211     Document Type: Article

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