Co-evolutionary aspects of human colonisation and infection by Staphylococcus aureus.

Although Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterial species of medical significance, only approximately 30% of all humans carry staphylococcal cells persistently but asymptomatically in their nasopharynx and/or other body sites. This goes largely unnoticed by the host, which shows that in the natural situ...

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Main Authors: van Belkum, A, Melles, D, Nouwen, J, van Leeuwen, W, van Wamel, W, Vos, M, Wertheim, H, Verbrugh, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009