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ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy2010

Novel targeted immunotherapy approaches for staphylococcal infection.

Michael Otto

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Review in Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Methicillin-resistantCurrent pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2025
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  8. Towards sustainable antimicrobial therapies forSustainable microbiology · 2024
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  9. The effect ofFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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  10. Biofilm Formation by Pathogenic Bacteria: Applying aPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  16. Clearance of Staphylococcus aureus fromInfection and immunity · 2019
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  19. Humoral immune consequences of Staphylococcus aureus ST239-associated bacteremia.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael OttoNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. motto@niaid.nih.gov
Weatherford College · US

Funding

Staphylococcal pathogenesisZIAAI000904 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI OTTO, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2025
$22.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AI999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importance of the fieldStaphylococcus aureus is a leading human pathogen in the hospital and the community. Many S. aureus strains are resistant to antibiotics, making treatment of S. aureus infections often very complicated. In contrast to many other bacterial pathogens, a working vaccine has never been found for S. aureus despite considerable efforts in academia and pharmaceutical companies. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW: The latest strategies aimed at finding a working vaccine against S. aureus, including active and passive immunization efforts in pre-clinical and clinical stages, and the molecular reasons for why it may be difficult to develop a vaccine are discussed. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN: In addition to receiving an overview of current efforts in S. aureus vaccine research, the reader will understand that vaccine development for S. aureus may be difficult owing to the facts that S. aureus is a commensal microorganism and produces toxins that lyse white blood cells, thereby undermining a vaccine's role as a facilitator of opsonophagocytosis. TAKE HOME MESSAGE: As a result of failed clinical trials with monovalent traditional vaccines, recent developments include a shift towards the potential use of polyvalent formulas and therapeutic antibodies and more systematic selection of optimal antigens.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunotherapyStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcal VaccinesStaphylococcus aureusTreatment FailureStaphylococcal Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID20528609
PMCPMC2885018
OpenAlexW2084783722

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Registered trials

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