A combination of methods to evaluate biofilm production may help to determine the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus in blood cultures

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Iorio, Natalia Lopes Pontes ^a   Lopes, Ana Paula da Cruz Neves ^a,b   Schuenck, Ricardo Pinto ^a   Barcellos, Ariane Guimarães ^a   Olendzki, André Nogueira ^c   Lopez, Guillermo Lopez ^b   Dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b University of Medicine of Petropolis   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Biofilm detection methods; PCR; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CONGO RED; ICA PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ICA GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78650368693     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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