Abstract:A vaccine that effectively targets methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is urgently needed, and has been the focus of studies by numerous research groups, but with limited success to date. Recently, our team found that exopolysaccharides derived from probiotic Lactobacilluscasei strain WXD030 as an adjuvant-formulated OVA could upregulate IFN-γ and IL-17 expression in CD4+ T cells. In this study, we developed a vaccine (termed rMntC-EPS) composed of S. aureus antigen MntC and Lactobacillus casei … Show more
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