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Table 2. Summary of monoclonal antibodies for the prevention and treatment of bacterial and viral infections

mAbs	Infection type	References
Palivizumab	Respiratory syncytial virus	[91]
Anti-PhtD	Streptococcus pneumoniae	[92]
MEDI3902 (Gremubamab)	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	[93]
AR-301 (Salvecin)	Bacterial infection	[94]
514G3	Staphylococcus aureus	[95]
Nirsevimab	Respiratory syncytial virus	[96]
Clesrovimab	Respiratory syncytial virus	[97]
Bebtelovimab	COVID-19 Omicron variant	[98]
Raxibacumab	Anthrax	[99]
Bezlotoxumab	Clostridium difficile	[100]
Oblitoxaximab	Anthrax	[101]
Twinrab^™	Rabies	[102]
Rabishield	Rabies	[103]
Ibalizumab	HIV	[104, 105]

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