Staphylococcus epidermidis with the icaA-/icaD-/IS256- genotype and protein or protein/extracellular-DNA biofilm is frequent in ocular infections

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART10, 2013, Pages 1579-1587

  Juárez Verdayes, Marco A ^a   Ramón Peréz, Miriam L ^a   Flores Páez, Luis A ^a   Camarillo Márquez, Omar ^a   Zenteno, Juan C ^b   Jan Roblero, Janet ^a   Cancino Diaz, Mario E ^a   Cancino Diaz, Juan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEINASE K; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

AAP GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBP GENE; EYE INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ICAA GENE; ICAD GENE; IS256 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84884480593     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.055210-0     Document Type: Article

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