Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most frequent worldwide causes of morbidity and
mortality due to an infectious agent. This pathogen can cause a wide variety of diseases …

Quorum sensing is a process of cell–cell communication that allows bacteria to share
information about cell density and adjust gene expression accordingly. This process …

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that has evolved a
complex regulatory network to control virulence. One of the main functions of this …

Background Staphylococcus aureus is one of the major causes of community-acquired and
hospital-acquired infections. It produces numerous toxins including superantigens that …

Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

The accessory genes of Staphylococcus aureus, in‐cluding those involved in pathogenesis,
are controlled by a complex regulatory network that includes at least four two‐component …

Staphylococci are frequent human commensals and some species can cause disease.
Staphylococcus aureus in particular is a dangerous human pathogen. In staphylococci, the …

The staphylococcal agr locus encodes a quorum sensing (QS) system that controls the
expression of virulence and other accessory genes by a classical two-component signaling …

This review begins with a discussion of the large family of Staphylococcus aureus and beta-
hemolytic streptococcal pyrogenic toxin T lymphocyte superantigens from structural and …

The Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins are a superfamily of secreted virulence factors that
share structural and functional similarities and possess potent superantigenic activity …