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. 2016 Nov 9;20(5):555-557.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.10.018.

Tackling Difficult Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Antibodies Show the Way

Bo Shopsin  1 , Srini V Kaveri  2 , Jagadeesh Bayry  3
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Tackling Difficult Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Antibodies Show the Way

Bo Shopsin et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

The recent spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has brought increasing concerns of heightened disease severity and persistence following invasive disease. In line with the need for new treatment paradigms, two recent reports have shown that antibody-based therapies can restrict acute S. aureus infection and persistence and improve pathological symptoms.

Keywords: IVIG; Immunoglobulin; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; Thiomab; antibiotic; intravenous immunoglobulin; necrotizing pneumonia; phagocytes; rifalogue; α-hemolysin.

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