Environmental regulation of biofilm formation in intensive care unit isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-218

  Fitzpatrick, F ^a,b   Humphreys, H ^a,b   Smyth, E ^b   Kennedy, C A ^a   O'Gara, J P ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Clinical isolates; Environmental regulation; Ica operon

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BIOFILMS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRELAND; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036834940     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1309     Document Type: Article

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