Recurrent Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection Caused by Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus
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- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (5) , e48-e52
- https://doi.org/10.1086/432577
Abstract
Phenotypic variants of Staphylococcus aureus may be misidentified by routine microbiological methods, and they may also respond poorly to antibacteriKeywords
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