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Local Inflammation Exacerbates the Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infection

Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of skin infections. In a mouse model of S. aureus skin infection, we found that lesion size did not correlate with bacterial burden. Athymic nude mice had smaller skin lesions that contained lower levels of myeloperoxidase, IL-17A, and CXCL1, compared with...

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Autores principales: Montgomery, Christopher P., Daniels, Melvin D., Zhao, Fan, Spellberg, Brad, Chong, Anita S., Daum, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3702601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069508