High biofilm production by invasive multiresistant staphylococci

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 776-781

  Reiter, Keli Cristine ^a   Da Silva Paim, Thiago Galvão ^a   De Oliveira, Caio Fernando ^a   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilm; SCCmec; Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; DEVICE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 80054122052     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02807.x     Document Type: Article

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