TLR2 Mediates Recognition of Live Staphylococcus epidermidis and Clearance of Bacteremia

Tobias Strunk; Melanie R. Power Coombs; Andrew J. Currie; Peter Richmond; Douglas T. Golenbock; Liat Stoler-Barak; Leighanne C. Gallington; Michael Otto; David Burgner; Ofer Levy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010111

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TLR2 Mediates Recognition of Live Staphylococcus epidermidis and Clearance of Bacteremia

Tobias Strunk ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tobias Strunk, Melanie R. Power Coombs

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Melanie R. Power Coombs ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tobias Strunk, Melanie R. Power Coombs

Affiliations Division Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Andrew J. Currie,

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Peter Richmond,

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Douglas T. Golenbock,

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Liat Stoler-Barak,

Affiliation Division Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Leighanne C. Gallington,

Current address: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Division Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Michael Otto,

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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David Burgner,

Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Ofer Levy

* E-mail: ofer.levy@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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TLR2 Mediates Recognition of Live Staphylococcus epidermidis and Clearance of Bacteremia

Tobias Strunk,
Melanie R. Power Coombs,
Andrew J. Currie,
Peter Richmond,
Douglas T. Golenbock,
Liat Stoler-Barak,
Leighanne C. Gallington,
Michael Otto,
David Burgner,
Ofer Levy

Published: April 9, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010111

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