Staphylococcus aureus Toxins

• Main Author: Schwan, William (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; n/a; HigBA; cell physiology; airway epithelial cells; PPIase; atopic dermatitis; adaptive immunity; staphylococcal enterotoxin; sortase A; canned meat; inhibitor; innate immunity; low cytotoxic strains; Staphylococcus aureus; in vivo models; toxin neutralization; enterotoxin; LukGH; PSMs; microbiome; eye; molecular mechanism; chronic infection; gene regulation; toxins; alpha-toxin; superantigen-like protein; fermentation; erianin; PpiB; HACCP; infection; enzymes; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; virulence factor; enterotoxins; mouse abscess; toxin-antitoxin systems; S. aureus; polyclonal antibody; defined minimal medium; mastitis; butyric acid derivative; LukAB; toxoid vaccine; superantigen; pathogenicity islands; PrsA; sphingomyelin; Leukocidin; lux fusion
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common inhabitant of the human body with which we co-exist. However, this species can also cause disease in humans when an appropriate opportunity arises, such as a cut or some other breakdown in our body's defenses. S. aureus is able to initiate infections due, in pa...