STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A (SPA) LOCUS IS A HOT SPOT FOR RECOMBINATION AND HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS

Staphylococcal Protein A (spa) Locus Is a Hot Spot for Recombination and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a major canine pathogen but also occasionally colonizes and infects humans.Multidrug-resistant methicillin-resistant S.pseudintermedius (MDR MRSP) strains have emerged globally, making treatment and control of this pathogen challenging.Sequence type 71 (ST71), ST68, and ST45 are the most widespread and su

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History of the evolution of cinema in the context of considering the stages of development of science and technology. The first steps to the birth of cinema

Historiographic works on the history of cinema play an important role in preserving knowledge about the development of this art form.They not only document the key stages of the evolution of cinema, but also provide an opportunity to analyze it as a cultural phenomenon that is closely intertwined with the history of mankind.Historiographic works on

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A particle-based computational model to analyse remodelling of the red blood cell cytoskeleton during malaria infections.

Red blood cells can withstand the harsh mechanical conditions in the vasculature only because the bending rigidity of their plasma membrane is complemented by the shear elasticity of the underlying spectrin-actin network.During an infection by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite mines host actin from the junctional complexes an

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A Woman with Dyspnea and Hemoptysis

A Engraved Leather Wallet_NEW 55-year-old female presented to the emergency department at a small community hospital with cough, fever, dyspnea and blood-streaked sputum.A chest radiograph was ordered.She was diagnosed with pneumonia and discharged home with antibiotics.She returned three days later, afebrile, with worsening dyspnea and gross hemop

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