Persistent Bacteremia Due to Methicillin‐Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Infection Is Associated with<i>agr</i>Dysfunction and Low‐Level In Vitro Resistance to Thrombin‐Induced Platelet Microbicidal Protein - Concepedia

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Persistent Bacteremia Due to Methicillin‐Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Infection Is Associated with<i>agr</i>Dysfunction and Low‐Level In Vitro Resistance to Thrombin‐Induced Platelet Microbicidal Protein

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Vance G. Fowler, George Sakoulas, Lauren M. McIntyre, Venkata G. Meka, Robert D. Arbeit, Christopher H. Cabell, Martín E. Stryjewski, George M. Eliopoulos, L. Barth Reller, G. Ralph Corey,

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Isolates from patients with PB differed from those in patients with RB, in several in vitro characteristics. Further studies will be necessary to define how these factors might affect clinical outcome.

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