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Neutrophil recruitment: perivascular macrophages 'duke it out' with Staphylococcus aureus

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Control of infection with Staphylococcus aureus relies on the production of neutrophil-recruiting chemokines by perivascular macrophages. S. aureus counterattacks by secreting α-hemolysin, which lyses tissue macrophages.

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Figure 1: PVMs are lysed by Hla.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Francis W. Luscinskas is with the Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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