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Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanisms for Production, Biology of Infection, and Clinical Significance

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  1. Institute for Medical Microbiology, Westphalian Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany

    Christoft von Eiff & Georg Peters

  2. Depatrments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology/Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706

    Richard A. Proctor

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  2. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Eiff, C.v., Peters, G., Proctor, R.A. (2001). Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanisms for Production, Biology of Infection, and Clinical Significance. In: Honeyman, A.L., Friedman, H., Bendinelli, M. (eds) Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Disease. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46848-4_2

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