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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Main Authors: Aija Žileviča, TatjanaTracevska, Iveta Liduma, Uldis Viesturs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 2010-12-01
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