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To compare the adherence properties ofStaphylococcus saprophyticus andStaphylococcus epidermidis in vitro studies were conducted with clinical isolates and cell culture monolayers (Hela, Vero, MDCK).Staphylococcus saprophyticus exhibited greater cell adherence, but no significant difference in mean urine growth rate. Its cell-adherence properties seem to explain in part its virulence.
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Almeida, R.J., Jorgensen, J.H. Comparison of adherence and urine growth rate properties ofStaphylococcus saprophyticus andStaphylococcus epidermidis . Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 3, 542–545 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013615
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