Open AccessProduction of Slime Layer by Staphylococcus epidermidisIsolated From Corneal Infection
Author(s) -
Baghdad Science Journal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mağallaẗ baġdād li-l-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2411-7986
pISSN - 2078-8665
DOI - 10.21123/bsj.8.3.741-744
Subject(s) - staphylococcus epidermidis , microbiology and biotechnology , keratitis , biology , staphylococcus , antibiotics , micrococcaceae , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , antibacterial agent , genetics
A total of 37 Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, isolated from corneal scraping of patients with bacterial keratitis and 20 isolates from healthy eyes (as control) (all isolates, isolated from, Ibn Al- Haietham eye hospital / Baghdad), were tested for slime production, 52.63% of all isolates were positive-slime production (23 isolates from patients and 7 isolates from controls). It was found that positive-slime producing S. epidermidis were exhibited a high resistance to antibiotics as compared to negative-slime producing isolates.