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.
Michie
Colin A
CA
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Uxbridge Road, London, UK UB1 3HW. colinm@easynet.co.uk
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