High-resolution genome profiling differentiated Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from patients with ocular infections and normal individuals

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3239-3245

  Duggirala, Aparna ^a   Kenchappa, Prashanth ^c,d   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Peeters, Justine K ^c   Ahmed, Niyaz ^b   Garg, Prashant ^a   Das, Taraprasad ^a   Hasnain, Seyed E ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EBH GENE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ICAAB GENE; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTSI GENE; SEPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TAGD GENE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548097602     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1365     Document Type: Article

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