Strong biofilm production but not adhesion virulence factors can discriminate between invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 605-611

  Mekni, Mohamed A ^a   Bouchami, Ons ^a   Achour, Wafa ^a   Ben Hassen, Assia ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Catheter infection; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AAP PROTEIN; ADHESIN; ATLE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BHP PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EMBP PROTEIN; FBE PROTEIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; ICAABC PROTEIN; IS256 PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84863831960     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02877.x     Document Type: Article

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