title: [Comparison of three methods detection of slime production by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis].
abstract: In this article, slime production of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from infective skin lesions was evaluated by three different methods: Congo red agar method (CRA), Christensen tube method (CT) and spectrophotometric method (SC). All strains by CT method interpreted as negative (dark-claret or red colonies of the surface). 12 (37.5%) strains of S. aureus, 16 (50.0%) strains of S. epidermidis produced slime as shown by CT method, 6 (18.7%) strains of S. aureus, 8 (25,0%) strains of S. epidermidis by SC method. They also found a correlation of slime production by CT and SC method (p > 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wróblewska
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciok-Pater
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekowska
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gospodarek
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000378:metabolism*