Slime layer formation and the prevalence of mecA and aap genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Pourmand, Mohammad R ^a   Abdossamadi, Zahra ^a   Salari, Mohammad H ^a   Hosseini, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gene frequency; Staphylococci nasal carriage; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CONGO RED; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AAP GENE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECA GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SLIME LAYER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79751515033     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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