Staphylococci of the Skin: Consequences for Host Health
The skin is the body’s largest barrier organ, and as such hosts roughly one million bacteria per square centimeter over its 1.8m2 surface area. As a barrier organ, the skin not only provides a physical layer of defense against these microbes but an immunological one as well. Immune cells present in...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156945 |