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Biofilm detection and the clinical significance of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates.

Authors

RŮŽIČKA Filip HOLÁ Veronika VOTAVA Miroslav TEJKALOVÁ Renata HORVÁTH Radek HEROLDOVÁ Monika WOZNICOVÁ Vladana

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Folia Microbiologica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Microbiology, virology
Keywords biofilm - ica operone - Christensen method - Congo Red Agar method
Description The ability of Staphylococcus epidermidis to produce biofilm was compared in 147 clinically significant strains repeatedly isolated from blood cultures and in 147 strains isolated from skin. The ica operone was found in 92 (62.6%) blood isolates and in 44 (19.9%) isolates from skin, Christensen test-tube method was positive in 79 (53.7%) and 33 (22.4%), Congo Red Agar method in 64 (43.5%) and 31 (21.1%) of blood and skin isolates, respectively. The detection of ica operone and the Christensen method showed better correlation with the clinical significance than the Congo Red Agar method.
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