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Vaccination with nontoxic mutant toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 protects against Staphylococcus aureus infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2003
Hu Dong-Liang, Omoe Katsuhiko, Sasaki Sanae, Sashinami Hiroshi, Sakuraba Hirotake, Yokomizo Yuichi, Shinagawa Kunihiro, Nakane Akio
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether vaccination with nontoxic mutant toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (mTSST-1) can protect against Staphylococcus aureus infection, mice were vaccinated with mTSST-1 and challenged with viable S. aureus. Survival in the mTSST-1-vaccinated group was higher, and bacterial counts in...
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