Genetic diversity and biofilm formation analysis of Staphylococcus aureus causing urinary tract infections in Tehran, Iran | Zendy

Mehdi Goudarzi | Zendy; Anis Mohammadi | Zendy; Anahita Amirpour | Zendy; Maryam Fazeli | Zendy; Mohammad Javad Nasiri | Zendy; Ali Hashemi | Zendy; Hossein Goudarzi | Zendy

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Genetic diversity and biofilm formation analysis of Staphylococcus aureus causing urinary tract infections in Tehran, Iran

Author(s) -

Mehdi Goudarzi,

Anis Mohammadi,

Anahita Amirpour,

Maryam Fazeli,

Mohammad Javad Nasiri,

Ali Hashemi,

Hossein Goudarzi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11329

Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , icad , biology , staphylococcus aureus , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , gene , bacteria , polymerase chain reaction , genetics

Over the past decades, prevalence of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus strains has significantly increased in urinary tract infections. The aim of this study was to investigate prevalence of biofilm forming and adhesion encoding genes and to analyze distribution of different agr and spa types in S. aureus isolates.

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