Detection of Biofilm Phenotype of Isolated Staphylococcus epidermidis from Respiratory Catheters of Hospitalized Patients and Evaluation the Effect of Antibodies against SesC Protein on Biofilm Formation

Mansour Amin^1*#, Shahla Samei Fard^1#, Laleh Khodaparast^2#, Ladan Khodaparast², Parastoo Moradi Choghakabodi^1# and Mohammad Shahrooei^2#

¹Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

^#Contributed equally to this work