Open AccessStaphylococcus aureusSmall Colony Variants in Prosthetic Joint Infection
Author(s) -
Parham Sendi,
Markus Rohrbach,
Peter Gräber,
Reno Frei,
P. E. Ochsner,
Werner Zimmerli
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/507633
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , medicine , staphylococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcaceae , immunology , bacteria , genetics , biology
Small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus tend to persist despite antimicrobial therapy, especially when involved in implant-associated infections.
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