Anti-alpha-hemolysin monoclonal antibodies mediate protection against Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2712-2718

  Ragle, Brook E ^a   Wardenburg, Juliane Bubeck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; CYTOTOXIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOMER; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650079244     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00115-09     Document Type: Article

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