Expression of Staphylococcal Virulence Genes In Situ in Human Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

• Main Authors: Michael S. Pulia (Author), Jennifer Anderson (Author), Zhan Ye (Author), Noha S. Elsayed (Author), Thao Le (Author), Jacob Patitucci (Author), Krishna Ganta (Author), Matthew Hall (Author), Vineet K. Singh (Author), Sanjay K. Shukla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, the most common pathogen in skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), harbors many well-characterized virulence genes. However, the expression of many of them in SSTIs is unknown. In this study, <i>S. aureus</i> virulence genes expresse...