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Detection of Small Colony Variants Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Blood Isolates.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2016
Yagci Server, Sancak Banu, Hascelik Gulsen
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Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants (SCVs) are associated with chronic and persistent infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) SCVs cause more severe infections and mortality rates are higher in comparison with infections caused by MRSA. Our objective was to document the prevalence and phenotypical characteristics of SCVs among MRSA blood isolates. MRSA strains isolated from blood during...
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