Protection against exotoxin A (ETA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in mice with ETA-specific antipeptide antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5551-5554

  El Zaim, Haissam S ^a   Chopra, Ashok K ^a,b   Peterson, Johnny W ^a,b   Vasil, Michael L ^c   Heggers, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EXOTOXIN; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROBLAST; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032411278     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5551-5554.1998     Document Type: Article

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