Adhesion of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content> to Corneocytes from Atopic Dermatitis Patients Is Controlled by Natural Moisturizing Factor Levels

ABSTRACT The bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in atopic dermatitis (AD), a chronic disorder that mostly affects children. Colonization of the skin of AD patients by S. aureus exacerbates the disease, but the molecular determinants of the bacterium-skin adhesive intera...

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Main Authors: Cécile Feuillie, Pauline Vitry, Maeve A. McAleer, Sanja Kezic, Alan D. Irvine, Joan A. Geoghegan, Yves F. Dufrêne
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/13aa218c61aa432cb0bd7b02a0d13608
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