Reconstruction of the Vancomycin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Phenotype From a Vancomycin-Intermediate S. aureus XN108

The emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) has raised healthcare concerns worldwide. VISA is often associated with multiple genetic changes. However, the relative contributions of these changes to VISA phenotypes are incompletely defined. We have characterized VISA XN108 w...

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Main Authors: Huagang Peng, Yifan Rao, Wenchang Yuan, Ying Zheng, Weilong Shang, Zhen Hu, Yi Yang, Li Tan, Kun Xiong, Shu Li, Junmin Zhu, Xiaomei Hu, Qiwen Hu, Xiancai Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02955/full