Issue: 2014, Vol. 19, No. 4
Тhe pathogenicity of hospital staphylococci: the impact of adrenaline in vitro
- Keywords
- S. aureus, epinephrine, adrenaline, adhesion, specific growth rate, hemolytic activity
- Abstarct
- The impact of adrenaline in vitro on the pathogenicity of hospital and extra-hospital staphylococci was studied. It was revealed that the addition of adrenaline into S. aureus culture resulted in the population density increase and was conducive to the increase of adhesive activity and hemolysine expression. The effects of adrenaline on the hospital isolates of S. aureus were more pronounced in comparison with extra-hospital variants.
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