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ArticleExpert review of anti-infective therapy2011

Panton-Valentine leukocidin antibodies for the treatment of MRSA skin infections?

Michael Otto

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Article in Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevention and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael OttoLaboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. motto@niaid.nih.gov
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Staphylococcal pathogenesisZIAAI000904 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI OTTO, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2025
$22.6M
Staphylococcus Epidermidis Biofilm FormationZ01AI000904 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI OTTO, MICHAEL J · 2002 to 2008
$2.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000904Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently caused epidemic outbreaks of community-associated (CA) skin infections. The infecting strains frequently contain the genes encoding the staphylococcal toxin, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). On that ground, the use of PVL-based vaccines has been proposed for the treatment of CA-MRSA infections, despite experimental and epidemiological evidence that does not support a major role of the PVL toxin in CA-MRSA skin disease. Hermos et al. show that antibodies to PVL do not protect from CA-MRSA skin infections in children, strongly suggesting that PVL-based immunization is of little benefit for this most frequent disease caused by CA-MRSA.

Identifiers

PMID21504395
PMCPMC3106302
OpenAlexW2117101667

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