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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of prosthetic joint infection caused by small colony variant staphylococci.
mBio - 30 Sept 2014
Tande Aaron J, Osmon Douglas R, Greenwood-Quaintance Kerryl E, Mabry Tad M, Hanssen Arlen D, Patel Robin
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Small colony variants (SCVs) are naturally occurring subpopulations of bacteria. The clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) caused by staphylococcal SCVs are unknown. This study was a retrospective series of 113 patients with staphylococcal PJI, with prospective testing of archived sonicate fluid samples. SCVs were defined using...
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