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Adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during chronic endobronchial infection of a cystic fibrosis patient.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
McAdam Paul R, Holmes Anne, Templeton Kate E, Fitzgerald J Ross
Abstract excerpt
The molecular adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to its host during chronic infection is not well understood. Comparative genome sequencing of 3 S. aureus isolates obtained sequentially over 26 months from the airways of a cystic fibrosis patient, revealed variation in phage content, and genetic polymorphisms in genes which influence antibiotic resistance, and global regulation of virulence. The majority of...
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