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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3348-3350, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3348-3350.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Involvement of Adherence and Adhesion Staphylococcus epidermidis Genes in Pacemaker Lead-Associated Infections

Didier Klug,1* Frédéric Wallet,2 Salem Kacet,1 and René J. Courcol2

Department of Cardiology,1 Department of Bacteriology, Lille University, Lille 59037, France2

Received 10 February 2003/ Returned for modification 26 March 2003/ Accepted 17 April 2003

We explored three genes of attachment (fbe and atlE) and adhesion (ica) in 27 and 10 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains involved in pacemaker-related infections (PMI) and intravascular-catheter-related infections (IVCI), respectively, and in 25 saprophytic strains. The detection rates of fbe and atlE were identical in PMI and IVCI strains, but ica detection rates were identical in PMI and saprophytic strains.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cardiologie-A, CHRU, Lille 59037, France. Phone: 33-3-20-44-50-38. Fax: 33-3-20-44-68-98. E-mail: dklug{at}chru-lille.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3348-3350, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3348-3350.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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