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Attenuated vancomycin bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus hemB mutants expressing the small-colony-variant phenotype.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2008
Tsuji Brian T, von Eiff Christof, Kelchlin Pamela A, Forrest Alan, Smith Patrick F
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The in vitro bactericidal activities of vancomycin against Staphylococcus aureus hemB mutants displaying the small-colony-variant phenotype and their parental strains were evaluated. Vancomycin killing activities against hemB mutants were markedly attenuated, demonstrating approximately 50% less...
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