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Small-colony variants and phenotype switching of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in chronic rhinosinusitis.
Allergy - 1 Oct 2014
Tan N C-W, Cooksley C M, Roscioli E, Drilling A J, Douglas R, Wormald P-J, Vreugde S
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BACKGROUND: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) has been linked to the gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in its biofilm or intracellular forms. Recent evidence suggests that S. aureus also exists in a small-colony variant (SCV) form as a mechanism of altering its virulence capabilities. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of SCVs in sinonasal mucosa of CRS patients and whether...
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