Abstract
During cutaneous infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), neutrophils are recruited and phagocytose the bacteria for digestion, subsequently undergoing cell death. Infected apoptotic neutrophils in the skin can be phagocytosed by dendritic cells, Langerhans cells, and macrophages. Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, termed efferocytosis, demands energy for cytoskeleta…