Biofilm formation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from a hospital environment

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4619-4633

  Wojtyczka, Robert D ^a   Orlewska, Kamila ^a   Kepa, Małgorzata ^a   Idzik, Danuta ^a   Dziedzic, Arkadiusz ^a   Mularz, Tomasz ^a   Krawczyk, Michał ^a   Miklasińska, Maria ^a   Wasik, Tomasz J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; icaADBC operon; Nosocomial infections; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; ICA GENE; ICAA GENE; ICAB GENE; ICAC GENE; ICAD GENE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84899622276     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110504619     Document Type: Article

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