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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
Abstract excerpt
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 isolates. Exoenzyme production by the two groups of isolates was also similar, and the only differences were shown in...
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