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Novel Research Models for Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants (SCV) Development: Co-pathogenesis and Growth Rate

2020; Frontiers Media; Volume: 11; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3389/fmicb.2020.00321

1664-302X

James Lee, Peter Zilm, Stephen P. Kidd,

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Staphylococcus aureus remains a great burden on the healthcare system. Despite prescribed treatments often seemingly to be successful, S. aureus can survive and cause a relapsing infection which cannot be cleared. These infections are in part due to quasi-dormant sub-population which is tolerant to antibiotics and able to evade the host immune response. These include Small Colony Variants (SCVs). Because SCVs readily revert to non-SCV cell types under laboratory conditions, the characterization of SCVs has been problematic. This mini-review covers the phenotypic and genetic changes in stable SCVs including the selection of SCVs by and interactions with other bacterial species.