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- Research Article | Host-Microbe BiologyStaphylococcus aureus Infects Osteoclasts and Replicates Intracellularly
The inflammation of bone tissue is called osteomyelitis, and most cases are caused by an infection with the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. To date, the bone-building cells, osteoblasts, have been implicated in the progression of these infections, but not much is known about how the bone-resorbing cells, osteoclasts, participate. In this study, we show that...