Stx2-specific human monoclonal antibodies protect mice against lethal infection with Escherichia coli expressing Stx2 variants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3125-3130

  Sheoran, Abhineet S ^a   Chapman, Susan ^a   Singh, Pradeep ^b   Donohue Rolfe, Arthur ^a   Tzipori, Saul ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELA CELL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038444124     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3125-3130.2003     Document Type: Article

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