Detection of the intercellular adhesion gene cluster (ica) and phase variation in Staphylococcus epidermidis blood culture strains and mucosal isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 890-896

  Ziebuhr, Wilma ^a,b   Heilmann, Christine ^c   Götz, Friedrich ^c   Meyer, Peter ^b,f   Wilms, Klaus ^b   Straube, Eberhard ^d   Hacker, Jörg ^a,e  

^a Inst fur Molec Infektionsbiologie   (Germany)

^b Med Poliklinik der Universität   (Germany)

^c Mikrobielle Genetik   (Germany)

^d Institut fur Medizinische Statistik   (Germany)

^e Inst fur Molec Infektionsbiologic   (Germany)

^f STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031029092     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.890-896.1997     Document Type: Article

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