Detection by PCR of adhesins genes and slime production in clinical Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Zmantar, Tarek ^a   Chaieb, Kamel ^a,b   Makni, Héla ^a   Miladi, Hanene ^a   Abdallah, Fethi Ben ^a   Mahdouani, Kacem ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Hôpital Ibn El JAZZAR de Kairouan   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Adhesins genes (fnbA,cna and clfA); Auricular infection; ica loci; Slime production; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EAR DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 54049092856     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700289     Document Type: Article

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