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everyone has it on their skin
common contaminant in blood cultures
pathogen for patients with indwelling catheters
characterized by biofilm formation and release of exopolysaccharide “slime”
Staphylococcal biofilm formation
immune cells and antibiotics have a hard time getting through this negatively-charged polysaccharide to do their jobs
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