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Pathogenic Studies on Five Species of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: A Mouse Model with a Foreign Body Implant

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The pathogenicity of five species of coagulase-negative staphylococci was evaluated using a seven-day mouse model with a preadhered foreign body. S.epidermidis and S.lugdunensis produced 68–100% abscesses; 74–100% of samples were culture positive. S.hominis, S.warneri and S.capitis produced fewer abscesses with less organism recovery. Some species elaborated lipase, esterase, DNase, and/or alpha and delta hemolysins. All strains produced glycocalyx.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, POB 117, S-22100, Lund, Sweden

    Torkel Wadström PhD (Professor) & Åsa Ljungh PhD (Assistant Professor) (Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department Medical Microbiology, Sölvegaten 23, S-23362, Lund, Sweden

    Ingvar Eliasson PhD

  3. Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ian Holder PhD

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Lambe, D.W., Ferguson, K.P., Gemmell, C.G., Keplinger, J.L. (1990). Pathogenic Studies on Five Species of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: A Mouse Model with a Foreign Body Implant. In: Wadström, T., Eliasson, I., Holder, I., Ljungh, Å. (eds) Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1_30

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