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[Small colony variants Staphylococcus aureus].
Klinicka mikrobiologie a infekcni lekarstvi - 1 Sept 2013
Tkadlec J, Melter O
Abstract excerpt
The phenomenon of dwarf colonies of S. aureus, the so-called small colony variants (SCVs), is associated with chronic and recurrent staphylococcal infections. Most frequently, these phenotypic variants differ from normal strains of S. aureus in colony size, morphology, pigmentation and other characteristics as well as molecular genetic changes. SCVs frequently emerge as a result of mutations in metabolically...
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