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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-12-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01419-4 |