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Intranasal vaccination with a double mutant of staphylococcal enterotoxin C provides protection against Staphylococcus aureus infection.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Hu Dong-Liang, Omoe Katsuhiko, Narita Kouji, Cui Jing-Chun, Shinagawa Kunihiro, Nakane Akio
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus expresses a repertoire of factors including staphylococcal exotoxins (SEs), exoenzymes, and numerous cell-associated components that contribute to the pathogenesis of disease. We constructed and expressed a nontoxic double mutant SEC (dmSEC), devoid of superantigenic activity, and investigated the ability of intranasal vaccination with dmSEC plus cholera toxin (CT) adjuvant to protect mice...
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