Human epithelial cells infected a cytotoxic S. aureus strain (left) and a non-cytotoxic and persistent S. aureus strain (right) (IMAGE)

The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Human epithelial cells infected a cytotoxic S. aureus strain (left) and a non-cytotoxic and persistent S. aureus strain (right)

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Human epithelial cells infected a cytotoxic S. aureus strain (left) and a non-cytotoxic and persistent S. aureus strain (right) after 24 hours infection. Confocal microscopy image depicting cell nuclei (blue), lysosome (magenta) and S. aureus (yellow).

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Hachani and colleagues at the Doherty Institute

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