Slime production and expression of the slime-associated antigen by staphylococcal clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3235-3238

  Ammendolia, M G ^a   Di Rosa, R ^b   Montanaro, L ^c   Arciola, C R ^c   Baldassarri, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032858017     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3235-3238.1999     Document Type: Article

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