Pathogenic Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Endovascular Infection Isolates from Different Clonal Complexes

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of bacteremia and, even with appropriate clinical management, causes high morbidity, and mortality due to its involvement in endovascular complications and metastatic infections. Through different pathogenic in vivo and in vitro models we investigated the behav...

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Main Authors: Dafne Pérez-Montarelo, Esther Viedma, Mercedes Murcia, Irene Muñoz-Gallego, Nieves Larrosa, Patricia Brañas, Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo, Joan Gavaldà, Benito Almirante, Fernando Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00917/full