Current concepts in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 917-933

  Fey, Paul D ^a   Olson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine catabolism; Biofilm; Biofilm maturation; Biomaterial related infections; Phenotypic variation; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; BIOMATERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MODULIN; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY(GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID); POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77953236848     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.56     Document Type: Review

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