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Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases
Staphylococcus aureus is a microorganism resident in the skin and nasal membranes with a dreadful pathogenic potential to cause a variety of community and hospital-acquired infections. The frequency of these infections is increasing and their treatment is becoming more difficult. The ability of S. a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10060252 |
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author | Oliveira, Diana Borges, Anabela Simões, Manuel |
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description | Staphylococcus aureus is a microorganism resident in the skin and nasal membranes with a dreadful pathogenic potential to cause a variety of community and hospital-acquired infections. The frequency of these infections is increasing and their treatment is becoming more difficult. The ability of S. aureus to form biofilms and the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains are the main reasons determining the challenge in dealing with these infections. S. aureus' infectious capacity and its success as a pathogen is related to the expression of virulence factors, among which the production of a wide variety of toxins is highlighted. For this reason, a better understanding of S. aureus toxins is needed to enable the development of new strategies to reduce their production and consequently improve therapeutic approaches. This review focuses on understanding the toxin-based pathogenesis of S. aureus and their role on infectious diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-60247792018-07-09 Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases Oliveira, Diana Borges, Anabela Simões, Manuel Toxins (Basel) Review Staphylococcus aureus is a microorganism resident in the skin and nasal membranes with a dreadful pathogenic potential to cause a variety of community and hospital-acquired infections. The frequency of these infections is increasing and their treatment is becoming more difficult. The ability of S. aureus to form biofilms and the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains are the main reasons determining the challenge in dealing with these infections. S. aureus' infectious capacity and its success as a pathogen is related to the expression of virulence factors, among which the production of a wide variety of toxins is highlighted. For this reason, a better understanding of S. aureus toxins is needed to enable the development of new strategies to reduce their production and consequently improve therapeutic approaches. This review focuses on understanding the toxin-based pathogenesis of S. aureus and their role on infectious diseases. MDPI 2018-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6024779/ /pubmed/29921792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10060252 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Oliveira, Diana Borges, Anabela Simões, Manuel Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title | Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title_full | Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title_fullStr | Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title_short | Staphylococcus aureus Toxins and Their Molecular Activity in Infectious Diseases |
title_sort | staphylococcus aureus toxins and their molecular activity in infectious diseases |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10060252 |
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