Increased Risk of Thrombocytopenia and Death in Patients with Bacteremia Caused by High Alpha Toxin-Producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Alpha toxin (Hla) is a major virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus that targets platelets but clinical data on Hla pathogenesis in bacteremia (SAB) is limited. We examined the link between in vitro Hla activity and outcome. Study isolates obtained from 100 patients with SAB (50 survivors; 50 non...

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Autores principales: Alhurayri, Fatimah, Porter, Edith, Douglas-Louis, Rachid, Minejima, Emi, Wardenburg, Juliane Bubeck, Wong-Beringer, Annie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13100726

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13100726

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