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STAPHYLOCOCCAL infections remain a problem not only because of the virtual absence of immunity on recovery from infection and the lack of a satisfactory vaccine but also because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. New measures against staphylococcal infections may arise from increasing knowledge of the factors which determine the virulence of this organism. None of the extracellular factors so far described as characteristic of virulent staphylococci seems to be of major importance, and because their role in infection remains uncertain1,2, the possibility of additional virulence factors being produced in vivo must be considered.
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ADLAM, C., PEARCE, J. & SMITH, H. Virulence Attributes of Staphylococci grown in vivo. Nature 219, 641–642 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219641a0
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