Discrimination between contaminating and commensal strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis (Search for phenotypic virulence criteria in Staphylococcus epidermidis)
Staphylococcus epidermidis strains are diverse in their pathogenicity. Some are invasive virulent strains causing serious nosocomial infections; some are skin commensals with a low virulence. The discrimination of them is of great clinical significance. To analyze the implication of different factor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2010-12-01
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Series: | International Journal Bioautomation |
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Online Access: | http://www.clbme.bas.bg/bioautomation/2010/vol_14.3/files/14.3_02.pdf |