Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation ability among coagulase-negative staphylococci in healthy individuals from Portugal

• Author(s): Oliveira, Fernando ; Cerca, Nuno
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27526
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/113450/PT
• Subject(s): Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm formation; Coagulase-negative staphylococci; Science & Technology
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

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.

This work was funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) and COMPETE grants PTDC/BIA-MIC/113450/2009 and FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-014309.