Staphylococcal vaccines.
Vaccination has proved relatively unsuccessful against the common mammalian commensal bacteria Staphylococcus, despite almost a century of experimentation. Recent progress in clinical trials, animal models and molecular laboratories offers hope that these organisms might be partially or wholly controlled by augmenting host responses.
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Uxbridge Road, London, UK UB1 3HW. colinm@easynet.co.uk
Colin A
CA
Michie
D000818:Animals; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D040901:Proteomics; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000276:immunology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013209:Staphylococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
D004768:Enterotoxins; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013209:Staphylococcal Vaccines