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SUBMITTER: Larcombe S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7431102 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larcombe Sarah S Jiang Jhih-Hang JH Hutton Melanie L ML Abud Helen E HE Peleg Anton Y AY Lyras Dena D
Journal of medical microbiology 20200131 2
<b>Introduction.</b> <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> is a recognised cause of foodborne intoxication and antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD), which are both mediated by staphylococcal enterotoxins. However, unlike foodborne intoxication, AAD appears to require infection of the host. While <i>S. aureus</i> intoxication is widely studied, little is known about <i>S. aureus</i> pathogenesis in the context of gastrointestinal infection.<b>Aim.</b> To develop a mouse model of <i>S. aureus</i> gastroin ...[more]