Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation ability among coagulase-negative st...

• Autor(es): Oliveira, F. ; Cerca, Nuno
• Data: 2013
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27526
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Assunto(s): Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm formation; Coagulase-negative staphylococci
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

In the past few years the interest in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) species has significantly increased due to their impact on human health and disease. CoNS are common bacterial colonizers of the normal human microflora and usually have a benign relationship with the host.