Immunobiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Immune Response of Rabbits and Patients to Systemic Infection

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-132

  Traub, Walter H ^a   Bauer, Dierk ^a   Leonhard, Birgit ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigens, whole cell; Antimicrobial drug detection; Defibrinated human blood; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immune sera, rabbit; Immunoblots (Western blots); Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G preparations intravenous; Immunoglobulin M; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Peptidoglycan; Phagocytosis; SDS PAGE electrophoresis; Teichoic acid; Ultrasound cell lysates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PIPERACILLIN; TEICHOIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROCONVERSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030024377     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239431     Document Type: Article

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