EXPRESSION OF SLIME INTERFERES WITH IN-VITRO DETECTION OF HOST PROTEIN RECEPTORS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS

Authors
BALDASSARRI L DONELLI G GELOSIA A SIMPSON AW CHRISTENSEN GD
Citation
L. Baldassarri et al., EXPRESSION OF SLIME INTERFERES WITH IN-VITRO DETECTION OF HOST PROTEIN RECEPTORS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS, Infection and immunity, 65(4), 1997, pp. 1522-1526
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1522 - 1526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1997)65:4<1522:EOSIWI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We hypothesized that slime may mask bacterial molecules important in t he attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to inanimate surfaces. In support of this hypothesis, we found that slime-negative strains attac hed significantly better to fibrinogen or fibronectin than the parent strains and exhibited greater surface hydrophobicity. Comparable resul ts were obtained with 53 clinical isolates.