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Host Defense and Pathogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus Infections
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Staphylococcus aureus is the most abundant cause of bacterial infections in the United States. As such, the pathogen has devised means to circumvent destruction by the innate immune system. Neutrophils are a critical component of innate immunity and the primary cellular defense against S aureus infections. This article reviews human neutrophil function in the context of S aureus virulence mechanisms and provides an overview of community-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus pathogenicity.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DeLeo, F. R., Diep, B. A., & Otto, M.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- DeLeo, Frank R.
- Venue
- Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-34
- ISSN
- 0891-5520 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2748223
- OpenAlex
- W2084838489
- Cited by
- 269
- References
- 103
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- FWCI
- 2.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Infectious Disease Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Z01AI000900)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Keywords
- Staphylococcus aureus, host defense, innate immunity, neutrophils, virulence mechanisms, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, pathogenesis, bacterial infection
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Neutrophils, Staphylococcal Infections, Staphylococcus aureus, Virulence, Virulence Factors
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