Comparative Genomic Reveals Clonal Heterogeneity in Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Persistent infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus remain a clinical challenge.Adaptational mechanisms of the pathogen influencing infection persistence, treatment success, and clinical outcome in these types of infections by S.aureus have not been fully elucidated so far.We applied a whole-genome sequencing approach on fifteen isolates retrieve