How exactly does Staphylococcus aureus cause disease/infections? Describe the molecules, machines or organelles in the cell that provide this function.
Thank you so much for any help!!
2007-03-24 13:41:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Staphylococcus primarily infects by person to person contact. S.aureus is mainlyfound to infect the upper respiratory system and one of the substances it produces is coagulase which causes fibrin to form a clot. Production of coagulase is associated with pathogenicity. This induced clotting results in accumulated fibrin around the bacterial cells making it hard for host defence agents to come into contact with them.
S.aureus also produces leukocidin which destroys leukocytes. If this occus in skin lesions it can lead to pus formation.
I hope this helps a little, Sorry!! :)
2007-03-28 12:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by Eighth Deadly Sin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up endotoxins and exotoxins regarding staph. aureus.
2007-03-24 19:22:47 · answer #2 · answered by bad guppy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus#Infection_control
2007-03-24 16:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by colravi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wikipedia!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-24 13:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋