Failure of phenotypic characteristics to distinguish between carrier and invasive isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

doi:10.1016/0195-6701(91)90174-7

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Failure of phenotypic characteristics to distinguish between carrier and invasive isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Feb 1991

Souto M J, Ferreirós C M, Criado M T

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Thirty carrier and 29 invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates were analysed for production of slime, extracellular enzymes and antibiotic resistance. Evaluation of slime production was by two methods which gave differing results, but both showed no difference between the two groups of isolat...

Topics

Agglutination
Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phenotype
Species Specificity
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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