Biofilm production by multiresistant Corynebacterium striatum associated with nosocomial outbreak

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 242-248

  de Souza, Cassius ^a   Faria, Yuri Vieira ^a   Sant’Anna, Lincoln de Oliveira ^a   Viana, Vanilda Gonçalves ^a   Seabra, Sérgio Henrique ^b   de Souza, Mônica Cristina ^a   Vieira, Verônica Viana ^c   Júnior, Raphael Hirata ^a   Moreira, Lílian de Oliveira ^d   de Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luíza ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario Estadual da Zona Oeste   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Corynebacterium striatum; Epidemic clone; Fibrinogen; Multi resistance; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FIBRINOGEN; GLASS; POLYURETHAN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GLASS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84926309698     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140373     Document Type: Article

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