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Emergence of Thymidine-Dependent Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Southern Brazil.
Microbiology spectrum - 3 Sept 2021
de Souza Dilair Camargo, Cogo Laura Lucia, Dalla-Costa Libera Maria, Tomaz Ana Paula de Oliveira, Conte Daniele, Riedi Carlos Antonio, Rosario Filho Nelson Augusto, Palmeiro Jussara Kasuko
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We characterized Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variant (SCV) strains isolated from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in southern Brazil. Smaller colonies of S. aureus were isolated from respiratory samples collected consecutively from 225 CF patients from July 2013 to November 2016. Two phenotypic methods-the auxotrophic classification and a modified method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing-were employed....
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