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Staphylococcus Aureus Adaptation To The Host And Persistence: Role Of Loss Of Capsular Polysaccharide Expression
1 Dec 2010
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A vast array of virulence factors enable Staphylococcus aureus to readily adapt to different environmental niches in diverse hosts. The cap gene cluster is present in almost all relevant clinical S. aureus isolates and capsular polysaccharide expression is apparent in isolates from patients with acute infection. The number of S. aureus isolates from patients with chronic infections that do not express capsular...
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