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Staphylococcus aureus adopts revertible intracellular viable-but-non-culturable phenotypes in chronic osteocyte infections
Nicholas J. Gunn, Anja R. Zelmer, M. Amjad Hossain…·Gerald J. Atkins
This study shows Staphylococcus aureus can enter a viable-but-non-culturable state within osteocytes, escape, and revert to active growth, explaining culture-negative but PCR-positive osteomyelitis.
DOI 10.1101/2024.12.17.629047