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Staphylococcus aureus collagen adhesin contributes to the pathogenesis of osteomyelitis.
Bone - 1 Jan 2002
Elasri M O, Thomas J R, Skinner R A, Blevins J S, Beenken K E, Nelson C L, Smeltzer M S
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the role of the Staphylococcus aureus collagen-binding adhesin (Cna) in bone and joint infection, we generated a cna mutant in S. aureus UAMS-1, a strain that was originally isolated from the bone of a patient suffering from osteomyelitis. The mutant (UAMS-237) was unable to bind collagen but bound fibronectin at levels comparable to UAMS-1. The relative virulence of UAMS-1 and UAMS-237 was assessed...
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