%0 Journal Article
%T MRSA in Stealth Mode Evades Antibody Recognition
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2018.12.004
%X In Nature, Gerlach et al. ( Nature 2018;563:705¨C709) report that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus camouflages its surface by displaying a ¡®stealth¡¯ wall teichoic acid (WTA) isomer. WTA can act as a cloak to limit exposure of surface antigens to the immune system, but this report indicates that even the cloak can become immunologically silent
%U https://www.cell.com/trends/immunology/fulltext/S1471-4906(18)30232-1