[Adherence properties and production of slime by staphylococci: relation to pathogenicity].

Among the S. aureus 25/39 are non producing slime and non adherent isolates. These results did not allow a correlation between these properties and pathogenesis. Several different phenotyping systems (biotyping, phage typing, serotyping, antibiotic susceptibility profiling, and plasmid pattern analysis) have been used in an attempt to identify strains of CNS. There is still a need however, for a simple, rapid, and cost effective method of distinguishing true pathogens from simple contaminants. Our results suggest that testing isolates for slime positivity and for adherence property may fulfill this task.