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| Pathogenicity and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus GYC Cheung, JS Bae, M Otto Virulence 12 (1), 547-569, 2021 | 1598 | 2021 |
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| Staphylococcus aureus Resistance to Human Defensins and Evasion of Neutrophil Killing via the Novel Virulence Factor Mprf Is Based on Modification of Membrane Lipids … A Peschel, RW Jack, M Otto, LV Collins, P Staubitz, G Nicholson, ... The Journal of experimental medicine 193 (9), 1067-1076, 2001 | 1028 | 2001 |
| Staphylococcus aureus toxins M Otto Current opinion in microbiology 17, 32-37, 2014 | 899 | 2014 |
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| Is Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin the Major Virulence Determinant in Community‐Associated Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease? JM Voyich, M Otto, B Mathema, KR Braughton, AR Whitney, D Welty, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 194 (12), 1761-1770, 2006 | 778 | 2006 |
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| Impact of the agr Quorum-Sensing System on Adherence to Polystyrene in Staphylococcus aureus C Vuong, HL Saenz, F Götz, M Otto The Journal of infectious diseases 182 (6), 1688-1693, 2000 | 694 | 2000 |
| A wave of regulatory T cells into neonatal skin mediates tolerance to commensal microbes TC Scharschmidt, KS Vasquez, HA Truong, SV Gearty, ML Pauli, ... Immunity 43 (5), 1011-1021, 2015 | 683 | 2015 |
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