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Editorial
. 2021 May 18;9(5):1080.
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9051080.

Staphylococcal Infections: Host and Pathogenic Factors

Rajan P Adhikari  1
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Editorial

Staphylococcal Infections: Host and Pathogenic Factors

Rajan P Adhikari. Microorganisms. .

Abstract

In 1880, the Scottish surgeon Sir Alexander Ogston first described staphylococci in pus from a surgical abscess in a knee joint: "The masses looked like bunches of grapes" [...].

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