New research explains why a common bacterium can produce severe illness

How can the same infection result in dramatically different levels of illness in two different people? A new study identifies two conditions—a genetic immunodeficiency and delayed acquired immunity—that explain why a patient developed a life-threatening disease in response to a common strain of bacterium. More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Science News case study immune system Jean-Laurent Casanova St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases Staphylococcus aureus Source Type: news