Journal: Biofilm
Article Title: Staphylococcal persistence and biofilm resistance in bone-anchored hearing systems: Clinical impact
doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100342
Figure Lengend Snippet: Phylogenetic tree. Core-genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST)-based phylogenetic trees of Staphylococcus aureus (A) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (B) strains from BAHS patients. Trees illustrate allelic distances and clustering of strains based on sequence types (STs), highlighting potential clonal dissemination and associations with biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance profiles, and clinical outcomes (Holgers score >0, pain, debris).
Article Snippet: Reference strains included S. epidermidis ATCC 35984/12228 and S. aureus 15981 wild-type/Δ ica.
Techniques: Sequencing