Detection of ica genes and slime production in a collection of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from catheter-related infections in neutropenic patients;Détection des gènes ica et de la production de slime parmi des souches de Staphylococcus epidermidis isolées d'infections liées aux cathéters chez des patients neutropéniques

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Touati, A ^a   Achour, W ^a   Abbassi, M S ^a   Ben Hassen, A ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Catheter related infections; ica; IS256; PCR; Slime; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CONGO RED; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; ICA GENE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34447502130     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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