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To synthesize recent scientific insights into how Staphylococcus aureus invades bone, manipulates host skeletal remodeling, and establishes persistent infections despite antimicrobial and surgical interventions.

February 24, 2020Infection and ImmunityOpen Access

Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis: Bone, Bugs, and Surgery

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KUKenneth L. UrishUniversity of Pittsburgh JCJames E. CassatVanderbilt University

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Narrative review reveals bacterial survival mechanisms and bone remodeling during Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis, highlighting targets for improved clinical management.

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To synthesize recent scientific insights into how Staphylococcus aureus invades bone, manipulates host skeletal remodeling, and establishes persistent infections despite antimicrobial and surgical interventions.
Reviewed recent advances in Staphylococcus aureus bone invasion, intracellular persistence, and pathogen-induced immune evasion.
Assessed experimental model systems used to identify novel therapeutic targets and characterize host-pathogen dynamics.
Summarized current clinical standards in osteomyelitis epidemiology, diagnostic tools, and surgical and antibiotic guidelines.
Staphylococcus aureus induces pathological bone remodeling that sequesters bacterial foci from innate immune cells and systemically administered antibiotics.
Current standard therapies—consisting of extended antimicrobial courses and surgical debridement of necrotic bone—fail to prevent chronic infection and lasting comorbidities in many patients.
Emerging preclinical model systems highlight key innate immune pathways and bacterial survival mechanisms as viable targets for adjunctive host-directed therapies.

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Urish et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6ac06abefa4d4d4aa7ecb https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00932-19

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Narrative review reveals bacterial survival mechanisms and bone remodeling during Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis, highlighting targets for improved clinical management.

Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis: Bone, Bugs, and Surgery

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Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis: Bone, Bugs, and Surgery

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