Published in Int J Med Microbiol on June 06, 2006
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Coagulase-negative staphylococci. Clin Microbiol Rev (2014) 1.85
Extracellular DNA-dependent biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A in response to subminimal inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics. Res Microbiol (2011) 1.06
Toluidine blue-mediated photodynamic effects on staphylococcal biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.05
Susceptibility of Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus mutans biofilms to photodynamic inactivation: an in vitro study. Lasers Med Sci (2010) 1.03
Poly-N-acetylglucosamine is not a major component of the extracellular matrix in biofilms formed by icaADBC-positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates. Infect Immun (2007) 1.01
Comparison of methods for the detection of biofilm production in coagulase-negative staphylococci. BMC Res Notes (2010) 1.01
Prevalence of the ica operon and insertion sequence IS256 among Staphylococcus epidermidis prosthetic joint infection isolates. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 1.00
Quaternized chitosan inhibits icaA transcription and biofilm formation by Staphylococcus on a titanium surface. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 0.95
Static biofilm cultures of Gram-positive pathogens grown in a microtiter format used for anti-biofilm drug discovery. Curr Protoc Pharmacol (2010) 0.93
An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosis. BMC Microbiol (2012) 0.90
Molecular basis of resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins in Staphylococcus hominis strains isolated from clinical specimens. Folia Microbiol (Praha) (2015) 0.83
Glucose & sodium chloride induced biofilm production & ica operon in clinical isolates of staphylococci. Indian J Med Res (2013) 0.82
Potential use of poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1,6)-glucosamine as an antigen for diagnosis of staphylococcal orthopedic-prosthesis-related infections. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 0.82
In Vitro Activity of Rifampicin Combined with Daptomycin or Tigecycline on Staphylococcus haemolyticus Biofilms. Curr Microbiol (2015) 0.76
Screening for antibacterial and antibiofilm activities in Astragalus angulosus. J Intercult Ethnopharmacol (2016) 0.75
Staphylococcus capitis isolated from prosthetic joint infections. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of canine pyoderma isolates of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius for biofilm formation. J Vet Med Sci (2015) 0.75
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Genes involved in the synthesis and degradation of matrix polysaccharide in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biofilms. J Bacteriol (2004) 2.46
Induction of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation via proteolytic processing of the accumulation-associated protein by staphylococcal and host proteases. Mol Microbiol (2005) 2.29
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: implications for the clinical microbiology laboratory, therapy, and infection control. J Infect (2003) 2.05
Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin or protein factors in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from prosthetic hip and knee joint infections. Biomaterials (2006) 1.96
Biofilm formation, icaADBC transcription, and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis by staphylococci in a device-related infection model. Infect Immun (2005) 1.78
Staphylococcal biofilm exopolysaccharide protects against Caenorhabditis elegans immune defenses. PLoS Pathog (2007) 1.58
RsbU-dependent regulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation is mediated via the alternative sigma factor sigmaB by repression of the negative regulator gene icaR. Infect Immun (2004) 1.57
Insights into Yersinia pestis biofilm development: topology and co-interaction of Hms inner membrane proteins involved in exopolysaccharide production. Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.52
Detection of virulence-associated genes not useful for discriminating between invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from a bone marrow transplant unit. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.52
Extracellular carbohydrate-containing polymers of a model biofilm-producing strain, Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A. Infect Immun (2005) 1.50
Poly-N-acetylglucosamine mediates biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Microb Pathog (2007) 1.49
Glucose-related dissociation between icaADBC transcription and biofilm expression by Staphylococcus epidermidis: evidence for an additional factor required for polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.47
Molecular basis of intrinsic macrolide resistance in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.47
Systematic analysis of cyclic di-GMP signalling enzymes and their role in biofilm formation and virulence in Yersinia pestis. Mol Microbiol (2010) 1.44
Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae by use of semiautomated microbiology systems and manual detection procedures. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.44
Comparison of two standardisation methods in real-time quantitative RT-PCR to follow Staphylococcus aureus genes expression during in vitro growth. J Microbiol Methods (2004) 1.43
Structure, function and contribution of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) to Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and pathogenesis of biomaterial-associated infections. Eur J Cell Biol (2009) 1.39
Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus. Med Microbiol Immunol (2002) 1.38
Staphylococcus aureus CcpA affects biofilm formation. Infect Immun (2008) 1.37
The giant extracellular matrix-binding protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis mediates biofilm accumulation and attachment to fibronectin. Mol Microbiol (2009) 1.36
Evaluation of a new cefepime-clavulanate ESBL Etest to detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in an Enterobacteriaceae strain collection. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.35
Snapshot of the genome of the pseudo-T-even bacteriophage RB49. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.34
Comparison of BDPhoenix and VITEK2 automated antimicrobial susceptibility test systems for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detection in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species clinical isolates. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2003) 1.33
Biofilm formation induces C3a release and protects Staphylococcus epidermidis from IgG and complement deposition and from neutrophil-dependent killing. J Infect Dis (2008) 1.28
Alcoholic ingredients in skin disinfectants increase biofilm expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 1.27
Biofilms of clinical strains of Staphylococcus that do not contain polysaccharide intercellular adhesin. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2006) 1.24
A novel extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-23 with a P167T substitution in the active-site omega loop associated with ceftazidime resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.22
Poly-N-acetylglucosamine mediates biofilm formation and detergent resistance in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Microb Pathog (2007) 1.22
Structural elucidation of the extracellular and cell-wall teichoic acids of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A, a reference biofilm-positive strain. Carbohydr Res (2004) 1.08
Rapid identification of staphylococci from prosthetic joint infections using MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry. Int J Artif Organs (2010) 1.07
Extracellular DNA-dependent biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A in response to subminimal inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics. Res Microbiol (2011) 1.06
Structural elucidation of the extracellular and cell-wall teichoic acids of Staphylococcus aureus MN8m, a biofilm forming strain. Carbohydr Res (2006) 1.06
Identification of clinical isolates of α-hemolytic streptococci by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry using MALDI Biotyper, and conventional phenotypic methods: a comparison. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.05
Localized tufts of fibrils on Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 11047 are comprised of the accumulation-associated protein. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.04
Recurrent Listeria monocytogenes aortic graft infection: confirmation of relapse by molecular subtyping. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2004) 1.04
Recombinant human DNase I decreases biofilm and increases antimicrobial susceptibility in staphylococci. J Antibiot (Tokyo) (2011) 1.03
Pet snakes as a reservoir for Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae (Serogroup IIIb): a prospective study. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 1.03
Structural characterization of a flavonoid-inducible Pseudomonas aeruginosa A-band-like O antigen of Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234, required for the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.03
Establishment of an arbitrary PCR for rapid identification of Tn917 insertion sites in Staphylococcus epidermidis: characterization of biofilm-negative and nonmucoid mutants. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 1.02
Evaluation of a new screen agar plate for detection and presumptive identification of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2005) 1.02
Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci and meticillin susceptibility testing directly from growth-positive blood cultures by multiplex real-time PCR. J Med Microbiol (2010) 0.99
Inhalation with fucose and galactose for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients. Int J Med Sci (2008) 0.98
Augmented expression of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in a defined Staphylococcus epidermidis mutant with the small-colony-variant phenotype. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.97
In vitro activity of moxifloxacin against bacteria isolated from odontogenic abscesses. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 0.97
Carbohydrate-containing components of biofilms produced in vitro by some staphylococcal strains related to orthopaedic prosthesis infections. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2006) 0.96
Disintegration of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms under glucose-limiting conditions depends on the activity of the alternative sigma factor sigmaB. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 0.95
In vitro activity of fluoroquinolones against erythromycin-susceptible and -resistant Bordetella pertussis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2003) 0.93
Disruption of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms by medicinal maggot Lucilia sericata excretions/secretions. Int J Artif Organs (2009) 0.92
Minimal attachment killing (MAK): a versatile method for susceptibility testing of attached biofilm-positive and -negative Staphylococcus epidermidis. Med Microbiol Immunol (2002) 0.92
Neither the presence of ica locus, nor in vitro-biofilm formation ability is a crucial parameter for some Staphylococcus epidermidis strains to maintain an infection in a guinea pig tissue cage model. Microb Pathog (2006) 0.91
Rapid detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative Staphylococci with the VITEK 2 system. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 0.91
An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosis. BMC Microbiol (2012) 0.90
Influence of Tn917 insertion on transcription of the icaADBC operon in six biofilm-negative transposon mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Plasmid (2002) 0.89
Evaluation of the BD PHOENIX automated microbiology system for detection of methicillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.88
Evaluation of the MicroScan ESBL plus confirmation panel for detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of oxyimino-cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 0.86
mecA is not involved in the sigmaB-dependent switch of the expression phenotype of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.83
Bacterial adhesion, intracellular survival and cytokine induction upon stimulation of mononuclear cells with planktonic or biofilm phase Staphylococcus epidermidis. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2012) 0.82
Lucilia sericata chymotrypsin disrupts protein adhesin-mediated staphylococcal biofilm formation. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 0.82
A multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in older people admitted to hospital: the PLACIDE study protocol. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.82
Potential use of poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1,6)-glucosamine as an antigen for diagnosis of staphylococcal orthopedic-prosthesis-related infections. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 0.82
Pseudo-outbreak of Pseudomonas putida Respiratory Infection Caused by Laboratory Contamination. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 0.81
The Yersinia pestis HmsCDE regulatory system is essential for blockage of the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), a classic plague vector. Environ Microbiol (2014) 0.80
Poly-N-acetylglucosamine and poly(glycerol phosphate) teichoic acid identification from staphylococcal biofilm extracts using excitation sculptured TOCSY NMR. Mol Biosyst (2007) 0.79
Cloning and sequencing of Enterobacter aerogenes OmpC-type osmoporin linked to carbapenem resistance. Int J Med Microbiol (2002) 0.77
Efficacy of imipenem for the treatment of bacteremia due to an OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 0.77
Oxygen-mediated regulation of biofilm development is controlled by the alternative sigma factor sigma(B) in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 0.76
Correction: Biofilm Morphotypes and Population Structure among Staphylococcus epidermidis from Commensal and Clinical Samples. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Regulation of biofilm formation by sigma B is a common mechanism in Staphylococcus epidermidis and is not mediated by transcriptional regulation of sarA. Int J Artif Organs (2009) 0.75
Assessment of biofilm-forming ability of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from contaminated platelet preparations in Canada. Transfusion (2008) 0.75
A comparative study of antibodies against proteins extracted from staphylococcal biofilm for the diagnosis of orthopedic prosthesis-related infections in an animal model and in humans. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 0.75