Intranasal vaccination with streptococcal fibronectin binding protein Sfb1 fails to prevent growth and dissemination of Streptococcus pyogenes in a murine skin infection model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7342-7345

  McArthur, J ^a,e   Medina, E ^f   Mueller, A ^f   Chin, J ^b   Currie, B J ^c,d   Sriprakash, K S ^a,c,d   Talay, S R ^f   Chhatwal, G S ^f   Walker, M J ^e  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Co oper Res Ctr Abor/Trop Hlth ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN F1; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACCINATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VACCINATION;

EID: 9244254775     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7342-7345.2004     Document Type: Article

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