Detection of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus. Does it have a role in treatment of MRSA infections?

F Khan, I Shukla, M Rizvi, T Mansoor… - Trends in Medical …, 2011 - squ.elsevierpure.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a causative agent of many types of diseases throughout the world.
Staphylococcal infections are of particular concern because of the causative bacteria …

Staphylococcal biofilm development: structure, regulation, and treatment strategies

K Schilcher, AR Horswill - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor B mediates biofilm formation in the absence of calcium

NM Abraham, KK Jefferson - Microbiology, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of nosocomial infections and a major cause of
community-acquired infections. Biofilm formation is a key virulence determinant in certain …

[HTML][HTML] A Review of Biofilm Formation of Staphylococcus aureus and Its Regulation Mechanism

Q Peng, X Tang, W Dong, N Sun, W Yuan - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteria can form biofilms in natural and clinical environments on both biotic and abiotic
surfaces. The bacterial aggregates embedded in biofilms are formed by their own produced …

Staphylococcus aureus biofilm: a complex developmental organism

DE Moormeier, KW Bayles - Molecular microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic biofilm‐associated infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus often lead to
significant increases in morbidity and mortality, particularly when associated with indwelling …

[PDF][PDF] Biofilm formation and detection of icaAB genes in clinical isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

F Eftekhar, T Dadaei - 2011 - sid.ir
Objective (s) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of
nosocomial and community infections. Biofilm formation, mediated by a polysaccharide …

Modulation of virulence gene expression by cell wall active antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

N Subrt, LR Mesak, J Davies - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of cell wall active
antibiotics on virulence gene expression and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus …

The extracellular matrix of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms comprises cytoplasmic proteins that associate with the cell surface in response to decreasing pH

L Foulston, AKW Elsholz, AS DeFrancesco, R Losick - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus involves the formation of an extracellular matrix,
but the composition of this matrix has been uncertain. Here we report that the matrix is …

Staphylococcal biofilms: quest for the magic bullet

JL Brooks, KK Jefferson - Advances in applied microbiology, 2012 - Elsevier
The biofilm phenotype has been recognized only relatively recently in medical history but it
has rapidly become clear that the development of many, if not the majority of bacterial …

In vitro biofilm formation and bactericidal activities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones prevalent in Korea

JO Cha, YK Park, YS Lee, GT Chung - Diagnostic Microbiology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to quantify the biofilm formations of various methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones (ST1, ST5, ST72, ST89, ST239, and ST254) …