Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical strains by a selected panel of Brazilian killer yeasts

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Fuentefria, Alexandre M ^a   Perez, Leandro R R ^b   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^b   Pazzini, Fabiano ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a   Valente, Patricia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Killer yeast; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; YEAST;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YEASTS;

EID: 41949086205     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700143     Document Type: Article

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