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Strain-Specific Association of Cytotoxic Activity and Virulence of ClinicalStaphylococcus aureusIsolates
18 Apr 2003
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus has been shown to invade and induce the death of various cell types. Here we investigate whether the cytotoxicity of intracellular S. aureus is a general feature or rather characteristic of individual S. aureus strains. The majority of 23 randomly collected clinical S. aureus isolates were killed inside keratinocytes and fibroblasts, indicating that the uptake of S. aureus represents an...
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