Infection and Immunity, volume 88, issue 7
Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis: Bone, Bugs, and Surgery
Kenneth L. Urish
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James E. Cassat
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2020-06-22
Journal:
Infection and Immunity
scimago Q1
SJR: 1.042
CiteScore: 6.0
Impact factor: 2.9
ISSN: 00199567, 10985522
PubMed ID:
32094258
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Parasitology
Abstract
Osteomyelitis, or inflammation of bone, is most commonly caused by invasion of bacterial pathogens into the skeleton. Bacterial osteomyelitis is notoriously difficult to treat, in part because of the widespread antimicrobial resistance in the preeminent etiologic agent, the Gram-positive bacterium
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