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Immunotherapies for Staphylococcus aureus: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stan Deresinski*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Victor Herrera
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
*
300 Pasteur Drive, Grant Building, Room S-101D, Stanford, CA 94305-5107 (polishmd@stanford.edu)

Abstract

Development of an effective vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus would provide great potential public health benefit. We present a brief overview of the current knowledge in this field, with emphasis on present challenges and lessons learned, together with a summary of vaccines and immunoglobulin preparations currently under investigation.

Type
Supplement Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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