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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2012

Colonization, pathogenicity, host susceptibility, and therapeutics for Staphylococcus aureus: what is the clinical relevance?

Steven Y C Tong, Luke F Chen, Vance G Fowler

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Low albumin level is more strongly associated with adverse outcomes and Staphylococcus aureus infection than hemoglobin A1C or smoking tobacco.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2022
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  11. Molecular Epidemiology ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  16. Immune and Inflammatory Reponses toCurrent dermatology reports · 2018
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  18. Innate Sex Bias ofJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2018
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  20. Household aggregation of Staphylococcus aureus by clonal complex and methicillin resistance profiles in Starr County, Texas.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Steven Y C TongDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Box 102359, Durham, NC 27705, USA. steven.tong@menzies.edu.au
Luke F Chen
Vance G Fowler

Funding

Host Susceptibility to S. aureusR01AI068804 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FOWLER, VANCE G. · 2007 to 2016
$6.9M
Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Antibiotic-Resistant BacteriaK24AI093969 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FOWLER, VANCE G. · 2011 to 2020
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI093969NIAID NIH HHS K24-AI093969NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068804NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI068804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a human commensal that can also cause a broad spectrum of clinical disease. Factors associated with clinical disease are myriad and dynamic and include pathogen virulence, antimicrobial resistance, and host susceptibility. Additionally, infection control measures aimed at the environmental niches of S. aureus and therapeutic advances continue to impact upon the incidence and outcomes of staphylococcal infections. This review article focuses on the clinical relevance of advances in our understanding of staphylococcal colonization, virulence, host susceptibility, and therapeutics. Over the past decade key developments have arisen. First, rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have significantly declined in many countries. Second, we have made great strides in our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of S. aureus in general and community-associated MRSA in particular. Third, host risk factors for invasive staphylococcal infections, such as advancing age, increasing numbers of invasive medical interventions, and a growing proportion of patients with healthcare contact, remain dynamic. Finally, several new antimicrobial agents active against MRSA have become available for clinical use. Humans and S. aureus co-exist, and the dynamic interface between host, pathogen, and our attempts to influence these interactions will continue to rapidly change. Although progress has been made in the past decade, we are likely to face further surprises such as the recent waves of community-associated MRSA.

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilityEnvironmentHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusRisk FactorsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID22160374
PMCPMC3272122

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