Article
Hospital strain colonization by Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 2009
Blum-Menezes D, Bratfich O J, Padoveze M C, Moretti M L
Abstract excerpt
The skin and mucous membranes of healthy subjects are colonized by strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis showing a high diversity of genomic DNA polymorphisms. Prolonged hospitalization and the use of invasive procedures promote changes in the microbiota with subsequent colonization by hospital s...
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