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The transmutation of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 to small colony variants (SCVs) E. coli strain as a result of exposure to gentamicin.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Nov 2023
Noaman Khaled A, Alharbi Naiyf S, Khaled Jamal M, Kadaikunnan Shine, Alobaidi Ahmed S, Almazyed Abeer O, Aldosary Mohammed S, Al Rashedi Saeed
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BACKGROUND: Small colony variants (SCVs) are biotypes of bacteria that have a size of approximately one-tenth or less of the wild types and has distinct characteristics comparing to the wild type strains. Clinical SCVs are usually associated with persistent infection and require a long-term treatment program with antibiotics. In Saudi Arabia, there are few studies about SCVs Escherichia coli for this reason, this...
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