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Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphyloccocus warneri small-colony variants associated with prosthetic-joint infections
21 Nov 2013
Abstract excerpt
We determined the frequency of isolation of staphylococcal small-colony variants (SCVs) from 31 culture-positive patients undergoing revision of total hip prosthesis for aseptic loosening or presumed prosthetic-joint infection (PJI). We analysed auxotrophy of cultured SCVs, their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and their biofilm-forming capacity. Eight SCV strains were cultivated from six (19 %) patients....
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