Reliability of the ica, aap and atlE genes in the discrimination between invasive, colonizing and contaminant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in the.

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Reliability of the ica, aap and atlE genes in the discrimination between invasive, colonizing and contaminant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in the diagnosis of catheter—related infections  S.J. Vandecasteele, W.E. Peetermans, R.R Merckx, B.J.A. Rijnders, J. Van Eldere  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 114-119 (February 2003) DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00544.x Copyright © 2003 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 PCR product from the positive control (strain 10b) and the negative control, respectively, for aap, icaA and atlE. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2003 9, 114-119DOI: (10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00544.x) Copyright © 2003 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Prevalence of aap, icaA and atlE in colonizing, invasive and skin isolates. For each gene, the first bar (gray) represents the skin isolates, the second (black) the colonizing isolates, and the third (white) the invasive isolates. The ratios in the bars represent the absolute numbers. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2003 9, 114-119DOI: (10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00544.x) Copyright © 2003 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

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