Generation of highly potent antibodies neutralizing the LukGH (LukAB) toxin of Staphylococcus aureus

摘要

The subject relates to an isolated Staphylococcus aureus leukocidin antigen comprising a LukGH complex, an antibody specifically binding to the Luk GH complex, and the human CD11b/CD18 complex for use in a method of determining the binding or toxicity of the Staphylococcus aureus Luk GH bi-component cytolysin.