Bridging specialties: repurposing platelet drugs prescribed by cardiologists to help infectious disease doctors treat Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

The platelet is the most important cell in the bloodstream in providing endovascular immunity against Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Both quantitative and qualitative thrombocytopenia have been associated with increased mortality in patients with…

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