Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis: Bad to the Bone

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• 作者：Michael E. Olson¹ ; Alexander R. Horswill¹ ; ^{alex-horswill@uiowa.edu}
• 刊名：Cell Host Microbe
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：12 June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：13
• 期：6
• 页码：629-631
• 全文大小：518 K

文摘

Osteomyelitis is a debilitating bone infection often caused by the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. In this issue, develop a high-resolution microcomputed tomography (microCT) method to visualize bone remodeling during S.?aureus infection and discover that the metalloprotease aureolysin plays a critical role in modulating osteomyelitis pathogenesis.