The effect of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in late pregnancy on antibody levels to staphylococcal toxins in cord blood and breast milk

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Harrison, Linda M ^a   Morris, James A ^a   Lauder, Robert M ^b   Telford, David R ^a  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody levels; Breast milk; Cord blood; Pregnancy; Staphylococcal toxins; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROAT CULTURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 51349098811     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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