Staphylococcus aureus populations from the gut and the blood are not distinguished by virulence traits—a critical role of host barrier integrity

Abstract Background The opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is an asymptomatically carried member of the microbiome of about one third of the human population at any given point in time. Body sites known to harbor S. aureus are the skin, nasopharynx, and gut. In particular, the mechanisms a...

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Main Authors: Elisa J. M. Raineri, Sandra Maaß, Min Wang, Siobhan Brushett, Laura M. Palma Medina, Neus Sampol Escandell, Dania Altulea, Erwin Raangs, Anne de Jong, Elias Vera Murguia, Edward J. Feil, Alex W. Friedrich, Girbe Buist, Dörte Becher, Silvia García-Cobos, Natacha Couto, Jan Maarten van Dijl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01419-4