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Staphylococcus aureus persistence in osteocytes: weathering the storm of antibiotics and autophagy/xenophagy
10 Jun 2024
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a major causative pathogen of osteomyelitis. Intracellular infections of resident bone cells including osteocytes can persist despite gold-standard clinical intervention. The mechanisms by which intracellular S. aureus evades antibiotic therapy are unknown. In this study, we utilised an in vitro S. aureus infection model of human osteocytes to investigate whether antibiotic-mediated...
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