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Complex relationship between acquisition of beta-lactam resistance and loss of virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2001
Rieux V, Carbon C, Azoulay-Dupuis E
Abstract excerpt
In a previous study of a murine peritonitis model, no Streptococcus pneumoniae strains were found that were both clinically penicillin resistant and virulent. This study assessed the relationship between acquired resistance and virulence in single- and double-isogenic penicillin-resistant (Peni-R) mutants obtained by transformation of a virulent penicillin-susceptible recipient strain with pbp2b and pbpX...
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