Absence of Protein A Expression Is Associated With Higher Capsule Production in Staphylococcal Isolates

Absence of Protein A Expression Is Associated With Higher Capsule Production in Staphylococcal Isolates

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, and a leading cause of soft tissue and blood stream infections. One of the causes of its success as a pathogen is the peculiar array of immune evasion factors through which the bacterium avoids host defenses, where the staphylococcal protein A (SpA) p...

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Main Authors: Tarcisio Brignoli, Andrea G. O. Manetti, Roberto Rosini, Andreas F. Haag, Vincenzo Scarlato, Fabio Bagnoli, Isabel Delany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
protein A
capsule
transcription profiling
vaccines
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00863/full

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