Epicutaneous Model of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections
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Epicutaneous model of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus skin infections.
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common etiological agents of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI). Although the majority of S. aureus community-acquired SSTIs are uncomplicated and self-clearing in nature, some percentage of these cases progress into life-threatening invasive infections. Current animal models of S. aureus SSTI suffer from two drawbacks: these models...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.01304-12