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A new take on an old remedy: Generating antibodies against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in a postantibiotic world

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

With the problem of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens becoming increasingly dire, new strategies are needed to protect and treat infected patients. Though abandoned in the past, monoclonal antibody therapy against Gram-negative bacteria remains a potential solution and has potential advantages over the broadspectrum antibiotics they were once replaced by. This Perspective reviews the prospect of utilizing monoclonal antibody therapy against these pathogens, as well as the challenges of doing so and the current therapy targets under investigation.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00397-17
JournalmSphere
Volume2
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2017

Keywords

  • Acinetobacter
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Escherichia coli
  • Klebsiella
  • MAb therapy
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Multidrug resistance
  • ST258

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