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Hamilton lab unravels implant infection mystery

February 8, 2005 /

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Scientists at Montana’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton have figured out how a difficult-to-kill bacterium outsmarts the body’s immune system and sickens people who get medical transplants like artificial joints.

Michael Otto, a Rocky Mountain Labs researcher, led the team that discovered the bacteria – Staphylococcus epidermidis – has an outer covering containing a special protein that allows the bacteria to hide from the immune system, wreaking a kind of low-grade infectious havoc.

"It just remains there in relative silence, but it causes typically chronic infections," Otto said. "They just kind of hide there."

Their findings will be published next month in the "Journal of Clinical Investigation."

By JENNIFER McKEE – IR State Bureau

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