Publication details
Production of slime by staphylococcal isolates from blood cultures
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2000 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Central European Journal of Public Health |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | staphylococci - blood cultures - slime |
| Description | The ability to produce slime is considered to be one of the virulence factors of staphylococci. By the congo red agar method we found that staphylococcal isolates from blood cultures considered clinically significant produced the slime more often than the isolates considered mere contaminants. |