Biofilm forming multi drug resistant Staphylococcus spp. among patients with conjunctivitis

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Murugan, K ^a   Usha, M ^b   Malathi, P ^b   Al Sohaibani, A Saleh ^a   Chandrasekaran, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Conjunctivitis; Ica gene; Staphylococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; ICA PROTEIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79851469434     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2010-036     Document Type: Article

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