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Hyaluronan Modulation Impacts Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2016
Ibberson Carolyn B, Parlet Corey P, Kwiecinski Jakub, Crosby Heidi A, Meyerholz David K, Horswill Alexander R
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of chronic biofilm infections. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a large glycosaminoglycan abundant in mammalian tissues that has been shown to enhance biofilm formation in multiple Gram-positive pathogens. We observed that HA accumulated in an S. aureus biofilm infection using a murine implant-associated infection model and that HA levels increased in a mutant strain lacking...
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