Contribution of coagulases towards Staphylococcus aureus disease and protective immunity.

The bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus seeds abscesses in host tissues to replicate at the center of these lesions, protected from host immune cells via a pseudocapsule. Using histochemical staining, we identified prothrombin and fibrin within abscesses and pseudocapsules. S. aureus secretes t...

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Main Authors: Alice G Cheng, Molly McAdow, Hwan K Kim, Taeok Bae, Dominique M Missiakas, Olaf Schneewind
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cf2174806cf741cf9ce7de980c821389
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