… Staphylococcus aureus colonizes the moist squamous epithelium in the anterior nares of about
… to host surfaces is a prerequisite for colonization and initiation of the infection process. S. …

… MsrR, a factor contributing to methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, belongs to …
, leading to a temporary reduction in cell surface hydrophobicity, diminished colony-spreading …

… aureus surface factors, including capsular polysaccharides, teichoic acid, and iron-responsive
surface determinant protein (IsdA), also promote adherence to the nasal mucosal surfaces …

… in Staphylococcus aureus. To further characterize its role in virulence determinant production…
This would allow the organism to rapidly change its surface array of virulence determinants, …

… surface determinant (Isd) proteins are essential for the import of nutritional heme from host
animals to Gram-positive pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus. … Staphylococcus aureus, …

… Surface charge influenced by wall teichoic acid composition also impacts staphylococcal
cell interactions with surfaces … synovial fluid are a major virulence determinant [22], and in S. …

… Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infection. In healthy
hosts outside of the health care setting, S. … many putative virulence determinants. The first …

… To develop a broadly protective vaccine, we tested cell wall-anchored surface proteins of S.
aureus … aureus vaccines to be successful, genetic determinants for specific antigens must be …

… aureus produces most surface proteins in early growth, and less … and showed no distinct
surface distribution pattern. However, … tors of virulence determinant production, agr (Recsei et …

… by solid surface hydrophobicity, we hypothesize that solid surface … Identifying a possible
connection between solid surface … solid surface hydrophobicities on biofilm formation of S. …