Surface proteins that promote adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to human desquamated nasal epithelial cells

BACKGROUND: The natural habitat of Staphylococcus aureus is the moist squamous epithelium in the anterior nares. About 20% of the human population carry S. aureus permanently in their noses and another 60% of individuals are intermittent carriers. The ability of S. aureus to colonize the nasal epith...

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Autores principales: Corrigan, Rebecca M, Miajlovic, Helen, Foster, Timothy J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19183486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19183486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-22

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