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Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) genotyping demonstrates the role of biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant periocular Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in postoperative endophthalmitis.
BMC ophthalmology - 5 Jan 2006
Kenchappa Prashanth, Duggirala Aparna, Ahmed Niyaz, Pathengay Avinash, Das Taraprasad, Hasnain Seyed E, Sharma Savitri
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BACKGROUND: An observational case series was used to study the virulence characteristics and genotypes of paired Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates cultured from intraocular samples and from periocular environment of patients with postcataract surgery endophthalmitis. METHODS: Eight S. epidermidis isolates were obtained from three patients (2 from patients #1 and 2 and 4 from patient #3) whose vitreous and/or...
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