Detection of the intercellular adhesion loci (ica) in clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains responsible for hospital acquired auricular infection

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-352

  Zmantar, Tarek ^a   Chaieb, Kamel ^a,b   Miladi, Hanene ^a   Mahdouani, Kacem ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Ibn El Jazzar De Kairouan   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Ica loci; MecA gene; Slime production; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35348932511     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175030     Document Type: Article

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