Staphylococcal Small Colony Variants Have Novel Mechanisms for Antibiotic Resistance

doi:10.1086/514906

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Staphylococcal Small Colony Variants Have Novel Mechanisms for Antibiotic Resistance

1 Aug 1998

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Over the past 4 years, a variant subpopulation of Staphylococcus aureus has been characterized that is defective in electron transport. These organisms grow slowly and are typical of the previously described small colony variants (SCVs). Indeed, many earlier papers included data that are consistent with defective respiratory activity in SCVs. We present a hypothesis that serves as biochemical basis for the...

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