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

• Author(s): Oliveira, F. ; Cerca, Nuno
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27526
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm formation; Coagulase-negative staphylococci
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.