A mouse ear skin model to study the dynamics of innate immune responses against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus is a human pathogen that is a common cause of nosocomial infections and infections on indwelling medical devices, mainly due to its ability to shift between the planktonic and the biofilm/sessile lifestyle. Biofilm infections present a serious problem in hum...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1635-z |