Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>bacteraemia

Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>bacteraemia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Low-level vancomycin resistance in <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>(vancomycin-intermediate <it>S. aureus </it>(VISA) and hetero-VISA [hVISA]) emerges during persistent infection and failed vancomycin therapy....

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Main Authors: Ward Peter B, Johnson Paul DR, Mansell Ashley, Smith Danielle J, Howden Benjamin P, Stinear Timothy P, Davies John K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/39

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