The Intra-Host Evolutionary Landscape And Pathoadaptation Of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus In Chronic Rhinosinusitis
G. Houtak, G. Bouras, R. Nepal, G. Shaghayegh, C. Cooksley, A. J. Psaltis, P.-J. Wormald, S. Vreugde
This study examines S. aureus persistence and pathoadaptation in CRS patients, finding 41% of isolates are persisters with increased biofilm biomass and plasmid copy numbers.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2023Microbiology