2020
Contribution of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B to Staphylococcus aureus Systemic Infection
Bae J, Da F, Liu R, He L, Lv H, Fisher E, Rajagopalan G, Li M, Cheung G, Otto M. Contribution of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B to Staphylococcus aureus Systemic Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2020, 223: 1766-1775. PMID: 32937658, PMCID: PMC8161638, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaphylococcal enterotoxin BS. aureus pathogenesisCommunity-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infectionsMethicillin-resistant S. aureus infectionsEnterotoxin BS. aureus infectionMouse infection modelDrug development strategiesCytokine stormFatal exacerbationStaphylococcus aureus systemic infectionSuperantigenic toxinsAureus infectionMajor human pathogenST59 isolatesSystemic infectionInfection modelVirulence potentialInfectionStaphylococcus aureusPathogenesisHuman pathogensSEBExacerbationIsolates
2015
Superantigen-Producing Staphylococcus aureus Elicits Systemic Immune Activation in a Murine Wound Colonization Model
Kim C, Karau M, Greenwood-Quaintance K, Tilahun A, Krogman A, David C, Pritt B, Patel R, Rajagopalan G. Superantigen-Producing Staphylococcus aureus Elicits Systemic Immune Activation in a Murine Wound Colonization Model. Toxins 2015, 7: 5308-5319. PMID: 26670252, PMCID: PMC4690136, DOI: 10.3390/toxins7124886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic immune activationImmune activationT cellsS. aureusSerum IL-17 levelsSystemic immunologic effectsIL-17 levelsSpleens of miceWound infection modelImmunologic effectsInflammatory changesHLA-DR3Wound infectionCommon causeTransgenic miceUninfected woundsDay 8Immune systemClinical implicationsInfection modelMiceSkin woundsWoundsMicrobial challengeStaphylococcus aureus