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Lack of small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus from lower respiratory tract specimens.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 May 2017
Carzino Rosemary, Hart Emily, Sutton Philip, King Louise, Ranganathan Sarath
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Small-colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with worse lung disease in children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), exhibit a higher resistance to antibiotics and co-colonize more commonly with Pseudomonas aeruginosa compared to the normal phenotype. The prevalence of SCVs in lower airway specimens from children with CF is largely unknown. METHODS: Each visible morphotype of S. aureus...
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