Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants (SCVs) are associated with unusually chronic
and persistent infections despite active antibiotic treatment. The molecular basis for this …

Staphylococcus aureus is able to survive within host cells by switching its phenotype to the
small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype. The emergence of SCVs is associated with the …

Background. Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen of endovascular
diseases, which can take a chronic course with a high relapse rate despite antimicrobial …

We used genomics to study the evolution of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) during a complex, protracted clinical infection. Preparing closed MRSA genomes …

Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent cause for serious, chronic and therapy‐refractive
infections in spite of susceptibility to antibiotics in vitro. In chronic infections, altered bacterial …

A key to persistent and recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infections is its ability to adapt to
diverse and toxic conditions. This ability includes a switch into a biofilm or to the quasi …

Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants (SCVs), which are characterized by slow
growth and a range of morphological and metabolic changes including altered antibiotic …

The pathogen Staphylococcus aureus undergoes phenotype switching in vivo from its
normal colony phenotype (NCP) to a slow-growing, antibiotic-resistant small-colony-variant …

Staphylococcus aureus remains a great burden on the healthcare system. Despite
prescribed treatments often seemingly to be successful, S. aureus can survive and cause a …

Background Large-scale genomic studies of within-host diversity in Staphylococcus aureus
bacteraemia (SAB) are needed to understanding bacterial adaptation underlying …