date:Apr 11, 2017
es such as diabetes, and those with immune deficiencies.
In those high risk patients, the bacteria cause damage to cells and can get into the bloodstream. If this happens, an infection called sepsis occurs, which can be life-threatening.
Salmonella bacteria escape a process called autophagy, in which cells clean and degrade pathogens and damaged parts of the cell. The leading author of the study, Dr. Nirmal Robinson, said in a statement, you can imagine autophagy as the vacuum cleaner of the c