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Use of a<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Conjugate Vaccine in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

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2002

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Henry R. Shinefield, Steven Black, Ali Fattom, Gary Horwith, Scott Rasgon, Juan Antonio Ordóñez Pereda, Hock H. Yeoh, David Law, John B. Robbins, Rachel Schneerson,
New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

In patients receiving hemodialysis, a conjugate vaccine can confer partial immunity against S. aureus bacteremia for approximately 40 weeks, after which protection wanes as antibody levels decrease.

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