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Capsule expression and genotypic differences among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with chronic or acute osteomyelitis.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2009
Lattar Santiago M, Tuchscherr Lorena P N, Caccuri Roberto L, Centrón Daniela, Becker Karsten, Alonso Claudio A, Barberis Claudia, Miranda Graciela, Buzzola Fernanda R, von Eiff Christof, Sordelli Daniel O
Abstract excerpt
There is ample evidence that Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide (CP) promotes virulence. Loss of capsule expression, however, may lead to S. aureus persistence in a chronically infected host. This study was conducted to determine the relative prevalence of nonencapsulated S. aureus in patients with chronic and acute osteomyelitis. Only 76/118 (64%) S. aureus isolates from patients with osteomyelitis...
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