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Vancomycin Resistance Among Strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis: Effects on Adherence to Silicone

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Nosocomial device-related infections with Gram-positive cocci and their resistance to vancomycin are of increasing occurrence. We examined clinical isolates of relatively avirulent coagulase-negative staphylococci for their resistance to vancomycin and for their capabilities to adhere in vitro to medical grade silicone. Vancomycin resistance was found in 9 of 20 isolates, but there was no correlation between adherence capacity to silicone in the absence of vancomycin and vancomycin resistance for a given strain. Vancomycin in the medium, adsorbed to the surface of medical grade silicone or adsorbed on nongrowing cells, reduced adherence of representative Staphylococcus epidermidis to medical grade silicone.

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  1. Department of Biology, Georgia Sate University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Rm 402 Kell Hall, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA, , , , , , US

    E.N. Ahanotu, J.H. Stone & D.G. Ahearn

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA, , , , , , US

    S.K. McAllister & J.M. Miller

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  1. E.N. Ahanotu
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Received: 27 November 2000 / Accepted: 10 January 2001

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Ahanotu, E., Stone, J., McAllister, S. et al. Vancomycin Resistance Among Strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis: Effects on Adherence to Silicone. Curr Microbiol 43, 124–128 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002840010273

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