Formation and properties of in vitro biofilms of ica-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Qin, Zhiqiang ^a   Yang, Xiaomei ^a   Yang, Lei ^b   Jiang, Juan ^a   Ou, Yuanzhu ^a   Molin, Soeren ^b   Qu, Di ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; LYSOSTAPHIN; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLOW RATE; FOREIGN BODY; GENE LOCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ICA OPERON; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYSOSTAPHIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33845955265     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46799-0     Document Type: Article

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