Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding the bloodstream to produce a fulminant picture of septic shock, dissemi
Microorganisms and Bioterrorism (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)
โ Scribed by Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman, Mauro Bendinelli
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 262
- Series
- Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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