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Persistent bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is associated with agr dysfunction and low-level in vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Sept 2004
Fowler Vance G, Sakoulas George, McIntyre Lauren M, Meka Venkata G, Arbeit Robert D, Cabell Christopher H, Stryjewski Martin E, Eliopoulos George M, Reller L Barth, Corey G Ralph, Jones Tiffanny, Lucindo Natalie, Yeaman Michael R, Bayer Arnold S
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BACKGROUND: The causes of persistent bacteremia (PB) due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are poorly understood. This investigation examined potential associations between PB with key clinical features and several in vitro bacterial genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, i...
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