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Alternative mutational pathways to intermediate resistance to vancomycin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Vidaillac Celine, Gardete Susana, Tewhey Ryan, Sakoulas George, Kaatz Glenn W, Rose Warren E, Tomasz Alexander, Rybak Michael J
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BACKGROUND: We used 2 in vitro experimental systems to compare phenotypic and genotypic changes that accompany selection of mutants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain JH1 with low-level vancomycin resistance similar to the type found in vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus...
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