Article
Staphylococcus aureus Colonization of the Human Nose and Interaction with Other Microbiome Members
12 Apr 2019
Abstract excerpt
ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is usually regarded as a bacterial pathogen due to its ability to cause multiple types of invasive infections. Nevertheless, S. aureus colonizes about 30% of the human population asymptomatically in the nares, either transiently or persistently, and can therefore be regarded a human commensal as well, although carriage increases the risk of infection. Whereas many facets of the...
Topics
Join the communities discussing this publication.