STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PNEUMONIA
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Vaccination against Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.
BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus causes serious infections in both hospital and community settings. Attempts have been made to prevent human infection through vaccination against bacterial cell-surface antigens; thus far all have failed. Here we show that superantigens and cytolysins, when used in vaccine cocktails, provide protection from S. aureus USA100-USA400 intrapulmonary challenge. MET...
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Affi liations: From the Division of Clinical Science, St. George’s University of London. Financial/nonfi nancial disclosures: The author has reported to CHEST the following confl icts of interest: Dr Jones has received consulting fees and speakers honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline. Correspondence to: Paul W. Jones, PhD, Division of Clinical Science, St. George’s University of London, Cranmer Terr,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1919
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610090001001