Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of Slime Producing Staphylococcus Spp. Obtained from Blood Samples of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation

Niyazi D.; Micheva I.; Markovska R.; Stoeva T.

doi:10.2478/amb-2022-0013

Acta Medica Bulgarica (Jun 2022)

Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of Slime Producing Staphylococcus Spp. Obtained from Blood Samples of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation

Niyazi D.,
Micheva I.,
Markovska R.,
Stoeva T.

Affiliations

Niyazi D.: Microbiology Laboratory, UMHAT “Sv. Marina”, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria
Micheva I.: Clinical Hematology Clinic, UMHAT “Sv. Marina”, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria
Markovska R.: Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Stoeva T.: Microbiology Laboratory, UMHAT “Sv. Marina”, Medical University – Varna, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2022-0013
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 49, no. 2
pp. 11 – 15

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Aim: to investigate the slime production in isolates of Staphylococcus spp., associated with bacteremia in patients after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) and to determine the relationship between the slime production and ica genes carriage, as well as the correlation of ica and methicillin resistance.

Published in Acta Medica Bulgarica

ISSN: 0324-1750 (Print); 2719-5384 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/AMB

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