A potential key role for alpha-haemolysin of Staphylococcus aureus in mediating chondrocyte death in septic arthritis

[摘要] Objectives Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the most commonly implicated organism in septic arthritis, a condition that may be highly destructive to articular cartilage. Previous studies investigating laboratory and clinical strains of S. aureus have

[学科分类] 骨科学

[关键词] Septic arthritis;Articular cartilage;Chondrocyte death;Haemolysins;Confocal microscopy