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In vitro indices of tissue adherence in Staphylococcus intermedius
1Department of Microbial Diseases, St John's Institute of Dermatology, United Medical School, London, UK.
Letters in Applied Microbiology
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
In vitro indices of adherence showed that strains of Staphylococcus intermedius from lesions of canine pyoderma differed from strains isolated from normal carrier sites in that a significantly greater proportion of pyoderma strains adhered to extracellular matrix proteins whilst fewer adhered to polystyrene. Slime production and a hydrophobicity index did not differ between the groups. This suggests that exposure of extracellular matrix proteins due to underlying disease may result in the selection of a narrower spectrum of strains from amongst those at carrier sites.