Can intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in osteomyelitis be treated using current antibiotics? A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Abstract Approximately 40% of treatments of chronic and recurrent osteomyelitis fail in part due to bacterial persistence. Staphylococcus aureus, the predominant pathogen in human osteomyelitis, is known to persist by phenotypic adaptation as small-colony variants (SCVs) and by formation of intracel...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2022-08-01
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Series: | Bone Research |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41413-022-00227-8 |