Staphylococcus aureus sarA Regulates Inflammation and Colonization during Central Nervous System Biofilm Formation

Infection is a frequent and serious complication following the treatment of hydrocephalus with CSF shunts, with limited therapeutic options because of biofilm formation along the catheter surface. Here we evaluated the possibility that the sarA regulatory locus engenders S. aureus more resistant to...

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Main Authors: Snowden, Jessica N., Beaver, Matt, Beenken, Karen, Smeltzer, Mark, Horswill, Alexander R., Kielian, Tammy
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875531/