… in the extraordinarily high number of toxins and other virulence determinants that S. aureus
produces and how they impact disease. In this review, we will give an overview of how S. …

… Staphylococcus aureus is often involved in severe infections, in which the effects of bacterial
virulence … of antibacterial agents on the expression of virulence factors and on the host's …

… establishment and maintenance of microbial virulence remain enigmatic. To … Staphylococcus
genus — Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis — and consider why S…

… Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that has evolved a complex
regulatory network to control virulence. … the production of virulence factors necessary for …

The agr locus encodes a quorum-sensing (QS) circuit required for the virulence of a spectrum
of Gram-positive pathogens and is, therefore, regarded as an important target for the …

… In particular, O11 produced relatively high levels of exoproteins, including toxins and
proteases known to be important in virulence. A characteristic we observed in other S. aureus …

… its virulence-associated properties. We define a key circuit of the virulence regulatory network
of S. aureus and emphasize that metabolic status may be a critical element governing the …

… SMIT tags were then mobilized into the virulent S. aureus SAM23 strain by transduction.
To confirm integration into the geh locus, culture supernatants derived from individual …

… The population genetics of S. aureus and the evolution of virulence is the focus of this
review. We describe the various techniques in determining S. …

Objective: The role that the surface proteins anchored by the srtA and srtB gene products
play in the ability of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria to establish infection was investigated in …