Detection of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates harboring the ica gene cluster needed for biofilm establishment [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1569-1570

  Martín López, Juana Victoria ^a   Pérez Roth, Eduardo ^a   Claverie Martín, Félix ^a   Díez Gil, Oscar ^a   Batista, Ninivé ^a   Morales, Manuel ^a   Méndez Álvarez, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; GENE CLUSTER; ICA GENE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036208816     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1569-1570.2002     Document Type: Letter

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