TABLE 2.

Slime production by S. aureus and S. epidermidis isolates

Strain	Adherencea
S. epidermidis controls
High-level slime producer	0.518 ± 0.047
Moderate-level slime producer	0.246 ± 0.065
Non-slime producer	0.070 ± 0.020
Nonproblematic S. epidermidis strains
12228	0.096 ± 0.017
1632	0.021 ± 0.019
2022	0.027 ± 0.010
2023	0.177 ± 0.047
2026	0.060 ± 0.031
2214	0.170 ± 0.081
Problematic S. epidermidis strains
2034	0.008 ± 0.004
2038	0.024 ± 0.016
2213	0.105 ± 0.045
2216	0.047 ± 0.006
2222	0.124 ± 0.058
2227	0.070 ± 0.012
S. aureus strains
Serotype 18	0.014 ± 0.003
MRSA1	0.038 ± 0.021
MRSA2	0.008 ± 0.007
MRSA3	0.000 ± 0.003

^aMean absorbance at 540 nm, calculated from triplicate determinations, ± the standard deviation.