<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Small-Colony Variants from Airways of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients as Precursors of Adaptive Antibiotic-Resistant Mutations

• Main Authors: Guillaume Millette (Author), David Lalonde Séguin (Author), Charles Isabelle (Author), Suzanne Chamberland (Author), Jean-François Lucier (Author), Sébastien Rodrigue (Author), André M. Cantin (Author), François Malouin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prototypic <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and their small-colony variants (SCVs) are predominant in cystic fibrosis (CF), but the interdependence of these phenotypes is poorly understood. We characterized <i>S. aureus</i> isolates from adult CF patients over several years. Of 1...