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Comment
. 2015 Jul 15;212(2):335-6.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv096. Epub 2015 Feb 23.

Biofilm-like aggregation of Staphylococcus epidermidis in synovial fluid

Kimberly Perez  1 , Robin Patel  2
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Biofilm-like aggregation of Staphylococcus epidermidis in synovial fluid

Kimberly Perez et al. J Infect Dis. .
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Figure 1.
Staphylococcus epidermidis grows and shows aggregation in synovial fluid (SF). A–D, Reference strain RP62A, a strain that has been shown to be a poor biofilm former (IDRL-8873), 6 clinical S. epidermidis strains and Staphylococcus aureus USA300 strains were grown in tryptic soy broth (TSB) or SF, using an initial inoculum 107 colony-forming units/mL, with growth assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Black denotes normal colony phenotypes, blue denotes small colony variants, and gray denotes S. aureus. All experiments were performed in triplicate; error bars represent standard deviations. E and F, Cultures of S. epidermidis and S. aureus were incubated in the indicated fluids for 24 hours and examined visually. Red font denotes strains previously shown to be poor biofilm formers in TSB.
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  • Reply to Perez and Patel.
    Dastgheyb S, Hickok NJ, Otto M. Dastgheyb S, et al. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 15;212(2):336-7. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv097. Epub 2015 Feb 23. J Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25712972 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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