Open AccessAdhesion and biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates under conditions relevant to the host: relationship with macrolide resistance and clonal lineages
Author(s) -
Giovanni Di Bonaventura,
Arianna Pompilio,
Monica Monaco,
Fernanda Pimentel de Araujo,
Lucilla Baldassarri,
Annalisa Pantosti,
Giovanni Gherardi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000893
Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , erythromycin , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , genotype , bacteria , multilocus sequence typing , gene , genetics
Staphylococcus aureus isolates, collected from various clinical samples, were analysed to evaluate the contribution of the genetic background of both erythromycin-resistant (ERSA) and -susceptible (ESSA) S. aureus strains to biofilm formation.