Table 2. Summary of the effects Staphylococcus aureus has on osteoclasts.
| S. aureus strain | RANKL | OPG | Migration of Osteoclasts | Osteoclastogenesis |
| No bacteria (control) | – | + | – | – |
| Newman wildtype | + | – | + | + |
| Newman SpA– | – | + | – | – |
| Newman pCU1spa+ | + | – | + | + |
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