Proposed virulence factors among coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from two healthy populations |
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| Authors: | L M Baddour D L Smalley M M Hill G D Christensen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163. |
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| Abstract: | Proposed virulence factors, including multiple antibiotic resistance and slime-mediated adherence, among coagulase-negative staphylococci colonizing healthy individuals from two different study populations were examined. Resistance to methicillin was more commonly seen than initially anticipated. In addition, adherence characteristics, as quantitated by a microtiter plate method, were very similar to those of strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing nosocomial infections. |
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