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VACCINES
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10071100
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa; vaccines; cystic fibrosis; antibiotic resistance; mucosal immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important human pathogen that causes various clinical infections. However, antibiotic resistance has made treating these infections challenging and there is currently no effective vaccine available for clinical use. Despite this, there has been progress in preclinical research, but challenges still remain.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic human pathogen. Using its arsenal of virulence factors and its intrinsic ability to adapt to new environments, P. aeruginosa causes a range of complicated acute and chronic infections in immunocompromised individuals. Of particular importance are burn wound infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and chronic infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Antibiotic resistance has rendered many of these infections challenging to treat and novel therapeutic strategies are limited. Multiple clinical studies using well-characterised virulence factors as vaccine antigens over the last 50 years have fallen short, resulting in no effective vaccination being available for clinical use. Nonetheless, progress has been made in preclinical research, namely, in the realms of antigen discovery, adjuvant use, and novel delivery systems. Herein, we briefly review the scope of P. aeruginosa clinical infections and its major important virulence factors.
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