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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Timothy J. Foster, Dublin, IE;
Kirk Mccrea, Houston, TX (US);
Magnus A. O. Hook, Houston, TX (US);
Stacey Davis, Houston, TX (US);
Deirdre NI Eidhin, Dublin, IE;
Orla Hartford, Meath, IE;
Timothy J. Foster, Dublin, IE;
Kirk McCrea, Houston, TX (US);
Magnus A. O. Hook, Houston, TX (US);
Stacey Davis, Houston, TX (US);
Deirdre Ni Eidhin, Dublin, IE;
Orla Hartford, Meath, IE;
The Provost Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin, Dublin, IE;
The Texas A & M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for treating or preventing infections from coagulase-negative staphylococci using proteins and polypeptides from coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteria such as, including proteins designated SdrF, SdrG and SdrH, and their effective fragments such as their respective A domains, are provided. Methods are also provided wherein antibodies that recognize the SdrG protein or its ligand binding A region are used to treat or prevent staphylococcal infection, and these methods can also be utilized to prevent the formation of infections on indwelling medical devices.