Article
Comparative virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in a murine catheter model.
Pediatric research - 1 Jan 1995
Patrick C C, Hetherington S V, Roberson P K, Henwick S, Sloas M M
Abstract excerpt
Among coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus epidermidis is the species most commonly implicated in catheter-related infections. Whether some staphylococcal organisms are inherently more virulent than others, or whether their ability to infect relates more to the sheer numbers of organisms at the catheter site, remains unclear. We therefore compared eight S. epidermidis isolates and two other...
Topics
- Abscess
- Animals
- Catheterization, Central Venous
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Disease Models, Animal
- Humans
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Virulence