Association of biofilm formation and methicillin-resistance with accessory gene regulator (agr) loci in Greek Staphylococcus aureus clones

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 341-344

  Ikonomidis, Alexandros ^a   Vasdeki, Afroditi ^a   Kristo, Ioulia ^a   Maniatis, Antonios N ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^b   Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a   Pournaras, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adhesion; agr Group II; Haemolysis; Quorum sensing; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 71449106535     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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