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Novel Tissue Level Effects of the Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin Gene Cluster Are Essential for Infective Endocarditis

BACKGROUND: Superantigens are indispensable virulence factors for Staphylococcus aureus in disease causation. Superantigens stimulate massive immune cell activation, leading to toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and contributing to other illnesses. However, superantigens differ in their capacities to induce...

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Autores principales: Stach, Christopher S., Vu, Bao G., Merriman, Joseph A., Herrera, Alfa, Cahill, Michael P., Schlievert, Patrick M., Salgado-Pabón, Wilmara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27124393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154762