The research team set out to establish why S. epidermidis, which is present on the dermis of all healthy human beings, occasionally causes life-threatening infections. In order to investigate the ...

Although biofilm formation is regarded as the most important virulence factor protecting the sessile bacteria against antibacterial compounds and host immune responses, S. epidermidisalso ...

For the past decade, researchers have been investigating the connection between the SCV phenotype and persistent, recurrent infections; however, in this Review, we highlight that S. aureus SCVs ...