DNA vaccination by mecA sequence evokes an antibacterial immune response against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 767-774

  Ohwada, Akihiko ^a   Sekiya, Mitsuaki ^a   Hanaki, Hideaki ^a   Kuwahara Arai, Kyoko ^a   Nagaoka, Isao ^a   Hori, Satoshi ^a   Tominaga, Shigeru ^a   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMID; SUPERNATANT; TRANSGENE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032796402     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.6.767     Document Type: Article

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