Contents: September 1998, Volume 66, Issue 9        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics        Retractions Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Counterselectable Markers: Untapped Tools for Bacterial Genetics and Pathogenesis Jean-Marc Reyrat, Vladimir Pelicic, Brigitte Gicquel, and Rino Rappuoli Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4011-4017; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Decreased Resistance to Primary Intravenous Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in Aged Mice despite Adequate Resistance to Intravenous Rechallenge Karen M. Aguirre, George W. Gibson, and Lawrence L. Johnson Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4018-4024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murine Macrophages Use Oxygen- and Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanisms To Synthesize S-Nitroso-Albumin and To Kill Extracellular Trypanosomes Alain P. Gobert, Silla Semballa, Sylvie Daulouede, Sophie Lesthelle, Murielle Taxile, Bernard Veyret, and Philippe Vincendeau Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4068-4072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acute Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi Malaria Infection Induces Antibodies Which Bind to the Surfaces of Parasitized Erythrocytes and Promote Their Phagocytosis by Macrophages In Vitro Maria M. Mota, K. Neil Brown, Anthony A. Holder, and William Jarra Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4080-4086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloned Lines of Plasmodium berghei ANKA Differ in Their Abilities To Induce Experimental Cerebral Malaria Véronique Amani, Mariama Idrissa Boubou, Sylviane Pied, Myriam Marussig, David Walliker, Dominique Mazier, and Laurent Rénia Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4093-4099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Nitric Oxide Production in Macrophages by Babesia bovis Roger W. Stich, Lisl K. M. Shoda, Miriam Dreewes, Barbara Adler, Thomas W. Jungi, and Wendy C. Brown Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4130-4136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ferrous Iron Uptake in Cryptococcus neoformans Eric S. Jacobson, Asha Prasad Goodner, and Karin J. Nyhus Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4169-4175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeted Disruption of the GRA2 Locus in Toxoplasma gondii Decreases Acute Virulence in Mice Corinne Mercier, Daniel K. Howe, Dana Mordue, Maren Lingnau, and L. David Sibley Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4176-4182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Induction of Multiple Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Nonhuman Primates by Immunization with a Mixture of Four Plasmodium falciparum DNA Plasmids Ruobing Wang, Denise L. Doolan, Yupin Charoenvit, Richard C. Hedstrom, Malcolm J. Gardner, Peter Hobart, John Tine, Martha Sedegah, Victoria Fallarme, John B. Sacci, Jr., Manjit Kaur, Dennis M. Klinman, Stephen L. Hoffman, and Walter R. Weiss Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4193-4202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Erythrocyte Binding Peptide from the Erythrocyte Binding Antigen, EBA-175, Which Blocks Parasite Multiplication and Induces Peptide-Blocking Antibodies P. H. Jakobsen, P. M. H. Heegaard, C. Koch, K. Wasniowska, M. M. Lemnge, J. B. Jensen, and B. K. L. Sim Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4203-4207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Major Surface Glycoprotein Genes of Human Pneumocystis carinii and High-Level Expression of a Conserved Region Qin Mei, Ross E. Turner, Vivian Sorial, Diane Klivington, C. William Angus, and Joseph A. Kovacs Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4268-4273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of C3a and C5a in Interleukin-8 Secretion by Human Polymorphonuclear Cells in Response to Capsular Material of Cryptococcus neoformans Anna Vecchiarelli, Cinzia Retini, Arturo Casadevall, Claudia Monari, Donatella Pietrella, and Thomas R. Kozel Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4324-4330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Importance of Interleukin-10 in Genetic Susceptibility of Mice to Coccidioides immitis Joshua Fierer, Lorraine Walls, Lars Eckmann, Tomoko Yamamoto, and Theo N. Kirkland Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4397-4402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD86 (B7-2), but Not CD80 (B7-1), Expression in the Epidermis of Transgenic Mice Enhances the Immunogenicity of Primary Cutaneous Candida albicans Infections Anthony A. Gaspari, Robert Burns, Adnan Nasir, Diana Ramirez, Richard K. Barth, and Constantine G. Haidaris Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4440-4449; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Immunoglobulin A Monoclonal Antibodies against P23 in Controlling Murine Cryptosporidium parvum Infection F. Javier Enriquez and Michael W. Riggs Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4469-4473; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Effect of Vaccination with a Combination of Recombinant Surface Antigen 1 and Interleukin-12 against Toxoplasmosis in Mice Valerie Letscher-Bru, Odile Villard, Bernhard Risse, Michael Zauke, Jean-Paul Klein, and Truong T. Kien Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4503-4506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis and Characterization of a Protective Peptide-Based Vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni Rebeca Tarrab-Hazdai, Deborah Schechtman, and Ruth Arnon Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4526-4530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Capacity for Interleukin-2 Synthesis Parallels Disease Progression in Mice Infected with Leishmania major Frederick P. Heinzel, Ronald M. Rerko, Andrea M. Hujer, and Richard A. Maier, Jr. Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4537-4540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Paclitaxel (Taxol)-Induced Killing of Leishmania major in Murine Macrophages T. Mark Doherty, Alan Sher, and Stefanie N. Vogel Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4553-4556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Vibrio cholerae Hemagglutinin/Protease Inactivates CTX Harvey H. Kimsey and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4025-4029; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Piracy of Decay-Accelerating Factor (CD55) Signal Transduction by the Diffusely Adhering Strain Escherichia coli C1845 Promotes Cytoskeletal F-Actin Rearrangements in Cultured Human Intestinal INT407 Cells Isabelle Peiffer, Alain L. Servin, and Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4036-4042; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Acidic-pH-Inducible Stress Protein (hsp70), a Putative Sulfatide Binding Adhesin, from Helicobacter pylori Mario Huesca, Avery Goodwin, Arianna Bhagwansingh, Paul Hoffman, and Clifford A. Lingwood Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4061-4067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Newly Isolated Shiga Toxin 2-Converting Phage from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Masahisa Watarai, Toshio Sato, Midori Kobayashi, Takeshi Shimizu, Shinji Yamasaki, Toru Tobe, Chihiro Sasakawa, and Yoshifumi Takeda Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4100-4107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lyme Disease-Causing Borrelia Species Encode Multiple Lipoproteins Homologous to Peptide-Binding Proteins of ABC-Type Transporters Jon A. Kornacki and Donald B. Oliver Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4115-4122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SirR, a Novel Iron-Dependent Repressor in Staphylococcus epidermidis Philip J. Hill, Alan Cockayne, Patrick Landers, Julie A. Morrissey, Catriona M. Sims, and Paul Williams Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4123-4129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Transferrin Binding Protein B of Moraxella catarrhalis Elicits Bactericidal Antibodies and Is a Potential Vaccine Antigen Lisa E. Myers, Yan-ping Yang, Run-pan Du, Qijun Wang, Robin E. Harkness, Anthony B. Schryvers, Michel H. Klein, and Sheena M. Loosmore Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4183-4192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of the Shigella flexneri Virulence Plasmid in the Ability To Induce Trafficking of Neutrophils across Polarized Monolayers of the Intestinal Epithelium Beth A. McCormick, Andrew M. Siber, and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4237-4243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Loss of Serum Resistance by Defined Lipopolysaccharide Mutants and an Acapsular Mutant of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli O75:K5 Stacy M. Burns and Sheila I. Hull Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4244-4253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of tdhA, a Locus Encoding a TonB-Dependent Heme Receptor from Haemophilus ducreyi Christopher E. Thomas, Bonnie Olsen, and Christopher Elkins Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4254-4262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Phosphorylcholine Epitope Undergoes Phase Variation on a 43-Kilodalton Protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and on Pili of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Jeffrey N. Weiser, Joanna B. Goldberg, Nina Pan, Lynn Wilson, and Mumtaz Virji Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4263-4267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the Haemophilus ducreyi gmhA Gene Product in Lipooligosaccharide Expression and Virulence Beth A. Bauer, Marla K. Stevens, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4290-4298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coiling Phagocytosis of Trypanosomatids and Fungal Cells M. G. Rittig, K. Schröppel, K.-H. Seack, U. Sander, E.-N. N'Diaye, I. Maridonneau-Parini, W. Solbach, and C. Bogdan Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4331-4339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of Repeats in the Alpha C Protein Enhances the Pathogenicity of Group B Streptococci in Immune Mice C. Gravekamp, Bernard Rosner, and L. C. Madoff Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4347-4354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin Binds Human Platelets via Globotriaosylceramide (Pk Antigen) and a Novel Platelet Glycosphingolipid Laura L. W. Cooling, Katherine E. Walker, Theresa Gille, and Theodore A. W. Koerner Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4355-4366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Regulation by the bvg Locus to Respiratory Infection of Mice by Bordetella pertussis Tod J. Merkel, Scott Stibitz, Jerry M. Keith, Mary Leef, and Roberta Shahin Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4367-4373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Actinomyces naeslundii Displays Variant fimP and fimA Fimbrial Subunit Genes Corresponding to Different Types of Acidic Proline-Rich Protein and -Linked Galactosamine Binding Specificity K. Hallberg, C. Holm, U. Öhman, and N. Strömberg Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4403-4410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunological Relationship between the Class I Epitope of Streptococcal M Protein and Myosin Anthony Quinn, Kent Ward, Vincent A. Fischetti, Mark Hemric, and Madeleine W. Cunningham Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4418-4424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Early Events in Phagosome Establishment Are Required for Intracellular Survival of Legionella pneumophila Lawrence A. Wiater, Kenneth Dunn, Frederick R. Maxfield, and Howard A. Shuman Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4450-4460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin Induces Apoptosis in HL-60 Cells Jonathan Korostoff, Jian Fei Wang, Irene Kieba, Mark Miller, Bruce J. Shenker, and Edward T. Lally Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4474-4483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Transduction with Shiga Toxin 1-Encoding Phage David W. K. Acheson, Joachim Reidl, Xiaoping Zhang, Gerald T. Keusch, John J. Mekalanos, and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4496-4498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starvation Selection Restores Elastase and Rhamnolipid Production in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum-Sensing Mutant Christian Van Delden, Everett C. Pesci, James P. Pearson, and Barbara H. Iglewski Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4499-4502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Heme-Hemopexin Complexes by Soluble HxuA Protein Allows Utilization of This Complexed Heme by Haemophilus influenzae Leslie D. Cope, Sharon E. Thomas, Zbynek Hrkal, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4511-4516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Helicobacter pylori UreI Protein Is Not Involved in Urease Activity but Is Essential for Bacterial Survival In Vivo Stéphane Skouloubris, Jean-Michel Thiberge, Agnès Labigne, and Hilde De Reuse Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4517-4521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens Type E Animal Enteritis Isolates with Highly Conserved, Silent Enterotoxin Gene Sequences Stephen J. Billington, Eva U. Wieckowski, Mahfuzur R. Sarker, Dawn Bueschel, J. Glenn Songer, and Bruce A. McClane Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4531-4536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of CR4 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Human Macrophages Binding and Signal Transduction in the Absence of Serum Yona Zaffran, Li Zhang, and Jerrold J. Ellner Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4541-4544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The pH 6 Antigen of Yersinia pestis Binds to 1-Linked Galactosyl Residues in Glycosphingolipids Dean Payne, David Tatham, E. Diane Williamson, and Richard W. Titball Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4545-4548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Macrophage-Induced Gene mig as a Marker for Clinical Pathogenicity and In Vitro Virulence of Mycobacterium avium Complex Strains Martin Meyer, Philipp W. R. von Grünberg, Tim Knoop, Pia Hartmann, and Georg Plum Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4549-4552; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli O157:H7 Requires Intimin for Enteropathogenicity in Calves Evelyn A. Dean-Nystrom, Brad T. Bosworth, Harley W. Moon, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4560-4563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Route of Infection That Induces a High Intensity of Gamma Interferon-Secreting T Cells in the Genital Tract Produces Optimal Protection against Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Mice Joseph U. Igietseme, Ijindah M. Uriri, Shantha N. Kumar, Godwin A. Ananaba, Omegbhai O. Ojior, Inua A. Momodu, Debra H. Candal, and Carolyn M. Black Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4030-4035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Contributions of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates and Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates to Listericidal Mechanisms Differ in Macrophages Activated Pre- and Postinfection Satoshi Ohya, Yoshinari Tanabe, Masato Makino, Takamasa Nomura, Huabao Xiong, Masaaki Arakawa, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4043-4049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Dominant Epitope of Borrelia garinii Outer Surface Protein C Recognized by Sera from Patients with Neuroborreliosis Has a Surface-Exposed Conserved Structural Motif Marianne J. Mathiesen, Arne Holm, Michael Christiansen, Jens Blom, Klaus Hansen, Søren Østergaard, and Michael Theisen Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4073-4079; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and Characterization of a Set of Mouse-Human Chimeric Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Subclass and IgA Monoclonal Antibodies with Identical Variable Regions Specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Serogroup O6 Lipopolysaccharide Michael J. Preston, A. Alev Gerçeker, Mitchell E. Reff, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4137-4142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Specificity Patterns of Human Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Serum Differ from Those in Autologous Secretions Armand Berneman, Laurent Belec, Vincent A. Fischetti, and Jean-Pierre Bouvet Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4163-4168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humoral Immunity to Commensal Oral Bacteria in Human Infants: Salivary Antibodies Reactive with Actinomyces naeslundii Genospecies 1 and 2 during Colonization Michael F. Cole, Stacey Bryan, Mishell K. Evans, Cheryl L. Pearce, Michael J. Sheridan, Patricia A. Sura, Raoul Wientzen, and George H. W. Bowden Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4283-4289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effectiveness of Liposomes Possessing Surface-Linked Recombinant B Subunit of Cholera Toxin as an Oral Antigen Delivery System Evlambia Harokopakis, George Hajishengallis, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4299-4304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization against Natural Helicobacter pylori Infection in Nonhuman Primates Andre Dubois, Cynthia K. Lee, Nancy Fiala, Harry Kleanthous, Patrick T. Mehlman, and Thomas Monath Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4340-4346; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Two Proteins from Moraxella catarrhalis That Bear a Common Epitope John C. McMichael, Michael J. Fiske, Ross A. Fredenburg, Deb N. Chakravarti, Karl R. VanDerMeid, Vicki Barniak, Jeffrey Caplan, Eric Bortell, Steven Baker, Rasappa Arumugham, and Dexiang Chen Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4374-4381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Partially Protective Vaccination Permits the Development of Latency in a Normally Virulent Strain of Toxoplasma gondii George S. Yap, Tanya Scharton-Kersten, David J. P. Ferguson, Dan Howe, Yasuhiro Suzuki, and Alan Sher Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4382-4388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

-GlcNAc-12--Glc, the Salmonella Homologue of a Conserved Lipopolysaccharide Motif in the Enterobacteriaceae, Elicits Broadly Cross-Reactive Antibodies Ndubisi Anthony Nnalue Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4389-4396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Responses in Humans against Coli Surface Antigen 6 of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Anna Helander, Christine Wennerås, Firdausi Qadri, and Ann-Mari Svennerholm Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4507-4510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Stable Attenuated Shigella sonnei virG Vaccine Strain, WRSS1, and Protective Efficacy and Immunogenicity in the Guinea Pig Keratoconjunctivitis Model Antoinette B. Hartman and Malabi M. Venkatesan Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4572-4576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Expression of Mucin-Type Glycoprotein K88 Receptors Strongly Correlates with Piglet Susceptibility to K88+ Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, but Adhesion of This Bacterium to Brush Borders Does Not David H. Francis, Philippe A. Grange, David H. Zeman, Diane R. Baker, Ronggai Sun, and Alan K. Erickson Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4050-4055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of the Central Proline-Rich Repeat Domain Results in Altered Antigenicity and Lack of Surface Expression of the Streptococcus mutans P1 Adhesin Molecule L. J. Brady, D. G. Cvitkovitch, C. M. Geric, M. N. Addison, J. C. Joyce, P. J. Crowley, and A. S. Bleiweis Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4274-4282; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Analysis of a Pathogenicity Island in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073: Distribution of Homologous Sequences among Isolates from Patients with Pyelonephritis, Cystitis, and CatheterAssociated Bacteriuria and from Fecal Samples Debra M. Guyer, Jyh-Shyang Kao, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4411-4417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Entry of Listeria monocytogenes into Neurons Occurs by Cell-to-Cell Spread: an In Vitro Study S. Dramsi, S. Lévi, A. Triller, and P. Cossart Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4461-4468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alteration of HLA-B27 Peptide Presentation after Infection of Transfected Murine L Cells by Shigella flexneri Florence Boisgérault, Joëlle Mounier, Vannary Tieng, Marie-Claude Stolzenberg, Iman Khalil-Daher, Michel Schmid, Philippe Sansonetti, Dominique Charron, and Antoine Toubert Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4484-4490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

papG Alleles among Escherichia coli Strains Causing Urosepsis: Associations with Other Bacterial Characteristics and Host Compromise James R. Johnson Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4568-4571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae Use 2 Integrin (CD11/CD18) on Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages as a Cellular Receptor, and the CD18  Chain Plays a Functional Role in Fimbrial Signaling Akira Takeshita, Yukio Murakami, Yoshinori Yamashita, Masami Ishida, Seiichiro Fujisawa, Shigeo Kitano, and Shigemasa Hanazawa Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4056-4060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Biphasic mRNA Expression Pattern of Bovine Interleukin-8 in Pasteurella haemolytica Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Alveolar Macrophages Is Primarily due to Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Rhonda L. Lafleur, Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, and Samuel K. Maheswaran Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4087-4092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Peptide Domain on Gingipain R Which Confers Immunity against Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection in Mice Caroline Attardo Genco, Basil Michael Odusanya, Jan Potempa, Jowita Mikolajczyk-Pawlinska, and James Travis Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4108-4114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fas (CD95)-Dependent Cell-Mediated Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes Eric R. Jensen, Alison A. Glass, William R. Clark, Edward J. Wing, Jeff F. Miller, and Stephen H. Gregory Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4143-4150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low Endotoxic Potential of Legionella pneumophila Lipopolysaccharide due to Failure of Interaction with the Monocyte Lipopolysaccharide Receptor CD14 B. Neumeister, M. Faigle, M. Sommer, U. Zähringer, F. Stelter, R. Menzel, C. Schütt, and H. Northoff Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4151-4157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bone Resorption Caused by Three Periodontal Pathogens In Vivo in Mice Is Mediated in Part by Prostaglandin Yuval Zubery, Colin R. Dunstan, Beryl M. Story, Lakshmyya Kesavalu, Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Stanley C. Holt, and Brendan F. Boyce Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4158-4162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning, Expression, and Immunogenicity of MTB12, a Novel Low-Molecular-Weight Antigen Secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis John R. Webb, Thomas S. Vedvick, Mark R. Alderson, Jeffrey A. Guderian, Shyian S. Jen, Pamela J. Ovendale, Stephen M. Johnson, Steven G. Reed, and Yasir A. W. Skeiky Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4208-4214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemolytically Active (Acylated) Alpha-Hemolysin Elicits Interleukin-1 (IL-1) but Augments the Lethality of Escherichia coli by an IL-1- and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Independent Mechanism Thomas G. Gleason, C. Webster Houlgrave, Addison K. May, Traves D. Crabtree, Robert G. Sawyer, Woody Denham, James G. Norman, and Timothy L. Pruett Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4215-4221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Peptide Antibiotic Human -Defensin 1 in Cultured Gingival Epithelial Cells and Gingival Tissue Suttichai Krisanaprakornkit, Aaron Weinberg, Christopher N. Perez, and Beverly A. Dale Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4222-4228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-4 Enhances Pulmonary Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Shilpa Jain-Vora, Ann Marie LeVine, Zissis Chroneos, Gary F. Ross, William M. Hull, and Jeffrey A. Whitsett Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4229-4236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Essential Role for Interleukin-5 and Eosinophils in Helminth-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness Laurie R. Hall, Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Alan W. Higgins, Musa A. Haxhiu, and Eric Pearlman Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4425-4430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Fibrinogen Expression in the Lung Epithelium during Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Patricia J. Simpson-Haidaris, Mary-Anne Courtney, Terry W. Wright, Rachel Goss, Allen Harmsen, and Francis Gigliotti Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4431-4439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Beta Interferon Is Produced by Chlamydia trachomatis-Infected Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes and Inhibits Gamma Interferon-Induced HLA-DR Expression Jürgen Rödel, Annemarie Groh, Heinz Vogelsang, Marc Lehmann, Matthias Hartmann, and Eberhard Straube Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4491-4495; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elevated Concentrations of Eotaxin and Interleukin-5 in Human Neurocysticercosis Carlton A. W. Evans, Hector H. Garcia, Adele Hartnell, Robert H. Gilman, Peter J. Jose, Manuel Martinez, Daniel G. Remick, Timothy J. Williams, and Jon S. Friedland Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4522-4525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

E and P Selectins Are Not Required for Resistance to Severe Murine Lyme Arthritis Kathleen Petri Seiler, Ying Ma, John H. Weis, Paul S. Frenette, Richard O. Hynes, Denisa D. Wagner, and Janis J. Weis Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4557-4559; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Role for Interleukin-6 in Host Defense against Murine Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Dwight M. Williams, Barry G. Grubbs, Toni Darville, Kathleen Kelly, and Roger G. Rank Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4564-4567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Comparison of Sample Sequences of the Salmonella typhi Genome to the Sequence of the Complete Escherichia coli K-12 Genome Michael McClelland and Richard K. Wilson Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4305-4312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Cluster of Genes Involved in Polysaccharide Biosynthesis from Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF Yi Xu, Barbara E. Murray, and George M. Weinstock Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4313-4323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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High-Frequency Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Streptococcus pyogenes Can Be Activated by Fibrinogen and Peptides Containing the Sequence RGD David R. Cue and P. Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. September 1998 66: 4577 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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