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Phagocytosis and oxidative-burst response of planktonic Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A and its non-slime-producing variant in human neutrophils.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology - 1 Nov 1997
Heinzelmann M, Herzig D O, Swain B, Mercer-Jones M A, Bergamini T M, Polk H C
Abstract excerpt
The ability of bacterial organisms to produce an extracellular polysaccharide matrix known as slime has been associated with increased virulence and delayed infections in various prosthetic implants. Within a biofilm, this slime may protect the embedded bacteria from host defense mechanisms, especially phagocytosis by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. To determine whether planktonic Staphylococcus epidermidis is...
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