Igniting the fire: Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors in the pathogenesis of sepsis.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on February 13, 2014

Authors

Michael E Powers1, Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
2: Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America ; Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

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