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Biofilm/Persister/Stationary Phase Bacteria Cause More Severe Disease Than Log Phase Bacteria – II Infection with Persister Forms of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Causes a Chronic Persistent Skin Infection with More Severe Lesion that Takes Longer to Heal and is not Eradicated by the Current Recommended Treatment in Mice
2018-11-23
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Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause persistent infections clinically. Treatment for chronic S . aureus infections ranges from at least one week to several months and such infections are prone to relapse likely due to the presence of persistent forms of bacteria such as persister cells. Persister cells, which are bacterial cells that become dormant under stress conditions, can be iso...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c312bc23-2a80-504c-9c57-0e426e872e0a
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- 10.1101/476465
