An ex vivo cystic fibrosis model recapitulates key clinical aspects of chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection
E. Sweeney, M. M. Hassan, N. E. Harrington, A. R. Smyth, M. N. Hurley, M. A. Tormo-Mas, F. Harrison
This study develops an ex vivo pig lung model of cystic fibrosis to study Staphylococcus aureus infection, showing clinically relevant features like small colony variants and antibiotic tolerance.
bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2019Microbiology