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<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Small‐Colony Variants Are Adapted Phenotypes for Intracellular Persistence
17 Aug 2010
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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen of endovascular diseases, which can take a chronic course with a high relapse rate despite antimicrobial treatment. Thus far, persistent and antibiotic-refractory infections have been largely associated with a subpopulation of S. aureus, the small-colony variants (SCVs). METHODS: In this work, we used endothelial cells to investigate infection with...
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