A Human Osteocyte Cell Line Model for Studying Staphylococcus aureus Persistence in Osteomyelitis

Infectious osteomyelitis associated with periprosthetic joint infections is often recalcitrant to treatment and has a high rate of recurrence. In the case of Staphylococcus aureus, the most common pathogen in all forms of osteomyelitis, this may be attributed in part to residual intracellular infect...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J. Gunn, Anja R. Zelmer, Stephen P. Kidd, Lucian B. Solomon, Eugene Roscioli, Dongqing Yang, Gerald J. Atkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.781022/full