Sex pheromone response, clumping, and slime production in enterococcal strains isolated from occluded biliary stents

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3419-3427

  Donelli, Gianfranco ^a   Paoletti, Claudia ^b   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^a   Guaglianone, Emilio ^a   Di Rosa, Roberta ^c   Magi, Gloria ^b   Spinaci, Cinzia ^b   Facinelli, Bruna ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL SLIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SEX PHEROMONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIME PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STENT;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BILE; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; RECURRENCE; STENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2542505167     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3419-3427.2004     Document Type: Article

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