The commensal lifestyle of Staphylococcus aureus and its interactions with the nasal microbiota

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 675 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.104 Authors: Bernhard Krismer, Christopher Weidenmaier, Alexander Zipperer & Andreas Peschel Although human colonization by facultative bacterial pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus, represents a major risk factor for invasive infections, the commensal lifestyle of such pathogens has remained a neglected area of research. S. aureus colonizes the nares of approximately 30% of the human
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