Novel Insights into Staphylococcus aureus Deep Bone Infections: the Involvement of Osteocytes

Novel Insights into Staphylococcus aureus Deep Bone Infections: the Involvement of Osteocytes

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a potentially devastating complication of orthopedic joint replacement surgery. PJI with associated osteomyelitis is particularly problematic and difficult to cure. Whether viable osteocytes, the predominant cell type in mineralized bone tissue, have a role in...

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Main Authors: Dongqing Yang, Asiri R. Wijenayaka, Lucian B. Solomon, Stephen M. Pederson, David M. Findlay, Stephen P. Kidd, Gerald J. Atkins, Mark S. Smeltzer, Richard P. Novick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/2/e00415-18

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