Adherence of slime-producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to smooth surfaces.

Slime production is not a generally recognized feature of Staphylococcus epidermidis. In a recent outbreak of S. epidermidis intravascular catheter-associated sepsis, we noted that 63% of clinically implicated strains grew as a slimy film coating the culture tube walls when propagated in tryptic soy...

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Published in:Infect Immun
Main Authors: Christensen, G D, Simpson, W A, Bisno, A L, Beachey, E H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1982
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC347529/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6179880/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/iai.37.1.318-326.1982
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