Maternal antibody against toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 may protect infants younger than 6 months of age from developing Kawasaki syndrome

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1677-1680

  Nomura, Yuichi ^a   Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Masuda, Kiminori ^a   Takei, Syuji ^a   Miyata, Koichiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL EXOTOXIN B; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN A; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN C; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OPTICAL DENSITY; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0036606448     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340513     Document Type: Article

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