Diversity and persistence of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains that colonize the skin of healthy individuals

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 517-519

  Rath, P M ^a   Knippschild, M ^a   Ansorg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GLABROUS SKIN; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0035725171     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011298     Document Type: Article

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