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Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus, isolated from airways of cystic fibrosis patients, and their small colony variants.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 18 Feb 2002
Sadowska Beata, Bonar Agnieszka, von Eiff Christof, Proctor Richard A, Chmiela Magdalena, Rudnicka Wieslawa, Róźalska Barbara
Abstract excerpt
The colonization of respiratory tract by Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent feature of cystic fibrosis (CF), especially in pediatric patients. The formation of small colony variants (SCVs), which produce reduced amounts of alpha-toxin, is one of the proposed ways of staphylococcal accommodation...
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