Small colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus have been implicated in chronic
recurrent infections and have therefore gained renewed interest during the last decade. …

The success of Staphylococcus aureus as a human pathogen is influenced by its ability to
elaborate factors that prevent infection resolution by the host immune system. Such immune-…

… by Staphylococcus aureus are a worldwide public health concern and a major burden for the
dairy industry. The severity and variety of staphylococcal … document bacterial survival within …

… -positive bacterium for which the starvation survival response has … bacterium for which the
formation of such a dormant state has been well demonstrated. In the gram-negative bacteria …

… The gram-positive bacterial pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, can colonize multiple
anatomic sites within its human host, including nares, respiratory tract and skin. Under defined …

Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus) is a gram-positive coccus (0.6 mm in diameter). First S
aureus … 1 About 20% of all human population is persistently colonize with this bacterium. It is …

… , as well as promoting PMN influx by CXC chemokine administration, leads to decreased
survival of the mice and an increased bacterial burden. Moreover, a global regulator mutant of …

… bacterium Staphylococcus aureus … bacterial survival in disparate in vivo environments.
Signature-tag transposon mutagenesis screening of a 1520-member library identified numerous S…

… The level of the engulfment of Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli was almost the
same … aureus. We propose a novel bacterial strategy for survival in macrophages involving the …

… aureus cells were then able to proliferate abundantly in the conditioned media. Bacterial
survival and escape from phagocytes was dependent not only on α-hemolysin, but also on …