Presence of icaA and icaD genes and slime production in a collection of Staphylococcal strains from catheter-associated infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2151-2156

  Arciola, C R ^a   Baldassarri, L ^a   Montanaro, L ^a  

^a Laboratorio di Biocompatibilita dei Materiali da Impianto   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC REGULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONGO RED; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

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

EID: 0034994731     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2151-2156.2001     Document Type: Article

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