Attachment and biofilm forming capabilities of staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from preterm infants

Current Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 712-717

  Hell, Eva ^a   Giske, Christian G ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Danielsson, Kristina Gemzell ^a   Marchini, Giovanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLOOD; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CARRIER STATE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84886596599     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0425-3     Document Type: Article

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