Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Plays a Critical Role in Mediating Bone Destruction and Bone Loss in Osteomyelitis

• Amro Widaa,

  Affiliations Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

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• Tania Claro,

  Affiliation Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

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• Timothy J. Foster,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Fergal J. O’Brien,

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Steven W. Kerrigan

  * E-mail: skerrigan@rcsi.ie

  Affiliations Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

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