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Staphylococcus epidermidis recovered from indwelling catheters exhibit enhanced biofilm dispersal and “self-renewal” through downregulation of agr

BACKGROUND: In recent years, Staphylococcus epidermidis ( Se) has become a major nosocomial pathogen and the most common cause of infections of implanted prostheses and other indwelling devices. This is due in part to avid biofilm formation by Se on device surfaces. However, it still remains unknown...

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Autores principales: Dai, Lu, Yang, Liang, Parsons, Chris, Findlay, Victoria J, Molin, Søren, Qin, Zhiqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22682058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-102