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Protection from the acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage by cross-reactive antibody to a pneumococcal dehydrogenase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Aug 2012
Lijek Rebeccah S, Luque Santiago L, Liu Qian, Parker Dane, Bae Taeok, Weiser Jeffrey N
Abstract excerpt
Nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus is the major risk factor for disease and transmission. Epidemiological studies have reported a reduced risk of S. aureus carriage in immunocompetent but not in immunocompromised children colonized by Streptococcus pneumoniae. We investigate the hypothes...
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