| Literature DB >> 9119497 |
L Baldassarri1, G Donelli, A Gelosia, A W Simpson, G D Christensen.
Abstract
We hypothesized that slime may mask bacterial molecules important in the attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to inanimate surfaces. In support of this hypothesis, we found that slime-negative strains attached significantly better to fibrinogen or fibronectin than the parent strains and exhibited greater surface hydrophobicity. Comparable results were obtained with 53 clinical isolates.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9119497 PMCID: PMC175163 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1522-1526.1997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441