Association of intercellular adhesion gene A with biofilm formation in staphylococci isolates from patients with conjunctivitis

BACKGROUND: There is a great negative impact of biofilm-mediated infection on patient health which necessitates the use of reliable methods for detecting biofilm producers. AIMS: This study was done to determine biofilm-producing ability and the presence of intercellular adhesion gene A i...

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Main Authors: Taghreed H. T. Elkhashab, Lamiaa A. Adel, Mona Saad Nour, Magda Mahran, Mai Elkaffas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/JLP.JLP_122_17