Strong biofilm production but not adhesion virulence factors can discriminate between invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a leading cause of hospital‐acquired infections, mostly associated with the use of medical devices in immunocompromised patients. It originates from the patient's own skin flora, which is subject to severe changes as a result of selective pressure exerted by the ho...

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Veröffentlicht in:	APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 2012-08, Vol.120 (8), p.605-611
Hauptverfasser:	Mekni, Mohamed A., Bouchami, Ons, Achour, Wafa, Ben Hassen, Assia
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adhesins Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Bacteremia Bacteremia - genetics Bacteremia - metabolism Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteriology biofilm Biofilms Biological and medical sciences Blood culture Bone marrow transplantation catheter infection Catheter-Related Infections - drug therapy Catheter-Related Infections - genetics Catheter-Related Infections - metabolism Catheter-Related Infections - microbiology Catheters Commensals cotrimoxazole Cross Infection - genetics Cross Infection - metabolism Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - methods fosfomycin Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gel electrophoresis Gentamicin Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Immunocompromised hosts Infection Infectious diseases Kanamycin Medical sciences Microbiology Miscellaneous Nosocomial infections Oxacillin Polysaccharides Polysaccharides, Bacterial - genetics Polysaccharides, Bacterial - metabolism Skin Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections - genetics Staphylococcal Infections - metabolism Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcus epidermidis Staphylococcus epidermidis - drug effects Staphylococcus epidermidis - genetics Staphylococcus epidermidis - isolation & purification Staphylococcus epidermidis - physiology Tobramycin Virulence virulence factors Virulence Factors - genetics Virulence Factors - metabolism
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