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Comparative analysis of staphylococcal adhesion and internalization by epithelial cells.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2007
Liang Xudong, Ji Yinduo
Abstract excerpt
Multiple drug resistance to antibiotics is a major public health problem. Many mechanisms may be involved in such resistance. Increasing data have shown that Staphylococcus aureus can invade different types of nonphagocytic cells, which, in turn, may contribute to evasion of the toxicity of certain antibiotics. The fibronectin-binding proteins are required for S. aureus to adhere to and internalize into the host...
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