Neither the presence of ica locus, nor in vitro-biofilm formation ability is a crucial parameter for some Staphylococcus epidermidis strains to maintain an infection in a guinea pig tissue cage model
- 31 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Microbial Pathogenesis
- Vol. 42 (2-3), 94-97
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2006.09.001
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