Interesting, does this also happen with other bacterial species? And do human diabetics with tight glycemic control get fewer arm infections than human diabetics without tight glycemic control?
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Victor Nizet
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Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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