Comparative evaluation of hydrophobicity measures for virulence determination of Staphylococcus epidermidis from hospitalized patients & healthy individuals

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 114, Issue NOV., 2001, Pages 160-163

  Das, S C ^a   Kapoor, K N ^a   Mukhopadhyay, M ^a  

^a Eastern Regional Station of Indian   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; n Hexadecane adherence assay (HAA); Salt aggregation test (SAT); Staphylococcus epidermidis virulence; Xylene adherence assay (XAA)

Indexed keywords

HEXADECANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL AGGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDIA; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NONHUMAN; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035736429     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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