Comparison of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from prosthetic joint infections and commensal isolates in regard to antibiotic susceptibility, agr type, biofilm production, and epidemiology

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Hellmark, Bengt ^a   Söderquist, Bo ^a,c   Unemo, Magnus ^a   Nilsdotter Augustinsson, Åsa ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Örebro University   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Multilocus sequence typing, agr, and biofilm; Prosthetic joint infections; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTYPE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84872979118     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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