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  DNA sequences of three papA genes from uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: evidence of structural and serological conservation.

  K Denich, L B Blyn, A Craiu, B A Braaten, J Hardy, D A Low, P D O'Hanley
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  Reduction in intensity of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in mice by aerosol administration of gamma interferon.

  J M Beck, H D Liggitt, E N Brunette, H J Fuchs, J E Shellito, R J Debs
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  Deletion of the BCSP31 gene of Brucella abortus by replacement.

  S M Halling, P G Detilleux, F M Tatum, B A Judge, J E Mayfield
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  Plasmid and chromosomal elements involved in the pathogenesis of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli.

  A E Jerse, K G Gicquelais, J B Kaper
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  Analysis of colonization factor antigen I, an adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O78:H11: fimbrial morphology and location of the receptor-binding site.

  T Bühler, H Hoschützky, K Jann
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  Encapsulation of Cryptococcus neoformans impairs antigen-specific T-cell responses.

  H L Collins, G J Bancroft
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  Single-dose tumor necrosis factor protection against endotoxin-induced shock and tissue injury in rats.

  H R Alexander, G M Doherty, M I Block, P J Kragel, J C Jensen, H N Langstein, E Walker, J A Norton
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  Intramacrophagic Mycobacterium avium bacilli are coated by a multiple lamellar structure: freeze fracture analysis of infected mouse liver.

  S Rulong, A P Aguas, P P da Silva, M T Silva
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  Characterization of a defective diphtheria toxin repressor (dtxR) allele and analysis of dtxR transcription in wild-type and mutant strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

  M P Schmitt, R K Holmes
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  Antibody recognition and isoelectrofocusing of antigens of the malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii.

  F A Kironde, A Kumar, A R Nayak, J L Kraikov
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  Relatedness of O-specific lipopolysaccharide side chain genes from strains of Shigella boydii type 12 belonging to two clonal groups and from Escherichia coli O7:K1.

  M A Valvano, C L Marolda
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  HeLa cell adherence, actin aggregation, and invasion by nonenteropathogenic Escherichia coli possessing the eae gene.

  J R Cantey, S L Moseley
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  DNA sequence and in vitro mutagenesis of the gene encoding the fructose-1,6-diphosphate-dependent L-(+)-lactate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus mutans.

  M J Duncan, J D Hillman
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  Role of inorganic nitrogen oxides and tumor necrosis factor alpha in killing Leishmania donovani amastigotes in gamma interferon-lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages from Lshs and Lshr congenic mouse strains.

  T I Roach, A F Kiderlen, J M Blackwell
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  Listeria monocytogenes isolates can be classified into two major types according to the sequence of the listeriolysin gene.

  O F Rasmussen, T Beck, J E Olsen, L Dons, L Rossen
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  Coccidioides immitis fractions which are antigenic for immune T lymphocytes.

  T N Kirkland, S W Zhu, D Kruse, L L Hsu, K R Seshan, G T Cole
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  Involvement of interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, IL-2, and IL-4 in generation of cytolytic T cells from thymocytes stimulated by a Mycoplasma fermentans-derived product.

  P F Mühlradt, H Quentmeier, E Schmitt
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  MDHM, a macrophage-stimulatory product of Mycoplasma fermentans, leads to in vitro interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor, and prostaglandin production and is pyrogenic in rabbits.

  P F Mühlradt, U Schade
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  Antibodies and DNA probes used to analyze variant populations of the Indochina-1 strain of Plasmodium falciparum.

  M Hommel, M Hughes, P Bond, J M Crampton
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  Identification and purification of transferrin- and lactoferrin-binding proteins of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.

  F D Menozzi, C Gantiez, C Locht
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  Variant surface antigens of Giardia lamblia are associated with the presence of a thick cell coat: thin section and label fracture immunocytochemistry survey.

  P F Pimenta, P P da Silva, T Nash
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  Siderophore presence in sputa of cystic fibrosis patients.

  B Haas, J Kraut, J Marks, S C Zanker, D Castignetti
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  Recombinant Escherichia coli clones expressing Chlamydia trachomatis gene products attach to human endometrial epithelial cells.

  D H Schmiel, S T Knight, J E Raulston, J Choong, C H Davis, P B Wyrick
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  Use of purified F1845 fimbrial adhesin to study localization and expression of receptors for diffusely adhering Escherichia coli during enterocytic differentiation of human colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 and Caco-2 in culture.

  S Kerneis, S S Bilge, V Fourel, G Chauviere, M H Coconnier, A L Servin
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  Accumulation of plasma cells in inflamed sites: effects of antigen, nonspecific microbial activators, and chronic inflammation.

  S M Mallison, J P Smith, H A Schenkein, J G Tew
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  Isolation and characterization of Bordetella avium phase variants.

  C R Gentry-Weeks, D L Provence, J M Keith, R Curtiss
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  Subgingival microbiota in squirrel monkeys with naturally occurring periodontal diseases.

  J E Beem, C G Hurley, I Magnusson, W P McArthur, W B Clark
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  X-irradiation of Eimeria tenella oocysts provides direct evidence that sporozoite invasion and early schizont development induce a protective immune response(s).

  M C Jenkins, P C Augustine, H D Danforth, J R Barta
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  Murine macrophage activation by staphylococcal exotoxins.

  S D Fleming, J J Iandolo, S K Chapes
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  Association between a large plasmid and 15- to 17-kilodalton antigens in virulent Rhodococcus equi.

  S Takai, T Sekizaki, T Ozawa, T Sugawara, Y Watanabe, S Tsubaki
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  Distribution, persistence, and recall of serum and salivary antibody responses to peroral immunization with protein antigen I/II of Streptococcus mutans coupled to the cholera toxin B subunit.

  M W Russell, H Y Wu
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  Analysis of egg granuloma formation in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice treated with antibodies to interleukin-5 and gamma interferon.

  A W Cheever, Y H Xu, A Sher, J G Macedonia
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  Small-animal model to measure efficacy and immunogenicity of Shigella vaccine strains.

  A B Hartman, C J Powell, C L Schultz, E V Oaks, K H Eckels
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  Oxidative metabolic products released from polymorphonuclear leukocytes in middle ear fluid during experimental pneumococcal otitis media.

  M Kawana, C Kawana, T Yokoo, P G Quie, G S Giebink
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  Sex differences in host resistance to Mycobacterium marinum infection in mice.

  Y Yamamoto, H Saito, T Setogawa, H Tomioka
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  Insertion of Tn916 in Neisseria meningitidis resulting in loss of group B capsular polysaccharide.

  D S Stephens, J S Swartley, S Kathariou, S A Morse
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  Adherence of oral "Streptococcus milleri" cells to surfaces in broth cultures.

  H Eifuku-Koreeda, T Yakushiji, K Kitada, M Inoue
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  Isolation and molecular characterization of spontaneously occurring cytolysin-negative mutants of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 7.

  C Anderson, A A Potter, G F Gerlach
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  Identification of Mycobacterium leprae antigens from a cosmid library: characterization of a 15-kilodalton antigen that is recognized by both the humoral and cellular immune systems in leprosy patients.

  S Sela, J E Thole, T H Ottenhoff, J E Clark-Curtiss
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  Susceptibility of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Gilliam to gamma interferon in cultured mouse cells.

  B Hanson
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  Comparative susceptibility to mouse interferons of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi strains with different virulence in mice and of Rickettsia rickettsii.

  B Hanson
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  A new in vitro model of Entamoeba histolytica adhesion, using the human colon carcinoma cell line Caco-2: scanning electron microscopic study.

  M C Rigothier, M H Coconnier, A L Servin, P Gayral
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  Functional and structural mapping of Chlamydia trachomatis species-specific major outer membrane protein epitopes by use of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.

  E M Peterson, X Cheng, B A Markoff, T J Fielder, L M de la Maza
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  Expression of adhesion molecules in leprosy lesions.

  L Sullivan, S Sano, C Pirmez, P Salgame, C Mueller, F Hofman, K Uyemura, T H Rea, B R Bloom, R L Modlin
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  Oral passive immunization against dental caries in rats by use of hen egg yolk antibodies specific for cell-associated glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans.

  S Hamada, T Horikoshi, T Minami, S Kawabata, J Hiraoka, T Fujiwara, T Ooshima
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  Extracellular release of reactive oxygen species from human neutrophils upon interaction with Escherichia coli strains causing renal scarring.

  H Mundi, B Björkstén, C Svanborg, L Ohman, C Dahlgren
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  Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome: combined cytotoxic effects of Shiga toxin, interleukin-1 beta, and tumor necrosis factor alpha on human vascular endothelial cells in vitro.

  C B Louise, T G Obrig
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  Splenic T-lymphocyte functions during early syphilitic infection are complex.

  T J Fitzgerald, M A Tomai
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  Characterization of a proteinaceous adhesin of Staphylococcus epidermidis which mediates attachment to polystyrene.

  C P Timmerman, A Fleer, J M Besnier, L De Graaf, F Cremers, J Verhoef
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  Comparison of granule proteins from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes which are bactericidal toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  K R Wasiluk, K M Skubitz, B H Gray
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  Cytopathic effects of Mycoplasma pulmonis in vivo and in vitro.

  C T Stadtländer, H L Watson, J W Simecka, G H Cassell
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  Identification of RTX toxin target cell specificity domains by use of hybrid genes.

  C Forestier, R A Welch
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  Release of leukotriene B4 from human neutrophils after interaction with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

  R Garofalo, H Faden, S Sharma, P L Ogra
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  Effects of recombinant gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor on in vitro interactions of human mononuclear phagocytes with Coccidioides immitis.

  L Beaman
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  Sulfhydryl-dependent attachment of Treponema denticola to laminin and other proteins.

  M Haapasalo, U Singh, B C McBride, V J Uitto
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  Construction of minitransposons for constitutive and inducible expression of pertussis toxin in bvg-negative Bordetella bronchiseptica.

  M J Walker, M Rohde, J Wehland, K N Timmis
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  Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies that recognize defined epitopes of pertussis toxin and neutralize its toxic effect on Chinese hamster ovary cells.

  M J Walker, J Wehland, K N Timmis, B Raupach, M A Schmidt
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  In vitro binding of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric mucin.

  L S Tzouvelekis, A F Mentis, A M Makris, C Spiliadis, C Blackwell, D M Weir
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  Inhibition of chemotaxis of neutrophil leukocytes to interleukin-8 by endotoxins of various bacteria.

  L P Bignold, S D Rogers, T M Siaw, J Bahnisch
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  ADP-ribosylation of p21ras and related proteins by Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S.

  J Coburn, D M Gill
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  Kinetics of accumulation of gamma delta receptor-bearing T lymphocytes in mice infected with live mycobacteria.

  J P Griffin, K V Harshan, W K Born, I M Orme
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  Site-specific mutagenesis of the catalytic subunit of cholera toxin: substituting lysine for arginine 7 causes loss of activity.

  W N Burnette, V L Mar, B W Platler, J D Schlotterbeck, M D McGinley, K S Stoney, M F Rohde, H R Kaslow
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  An interleukin-1 inhibitor in gingival crevicular fluid of patients with chronic inflammatory periodontal disease.

  H Kabashima, K Maeda, H Iribe, K Yamashita, T Hirofuji, Y Iwamoto, M Aono
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  The major cysteine proteinase (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi is antigenic in human infections.

  J Martinez, O Campetella, A C Frasch, J J Cazzulo
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  Virulence-related protein synthesis in Naegleria fowleri.

  W N Hu, R N Band, W J Kopachik
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  Arylneuraminidase activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa does not degrade natural substrates such as human respiratory mucins.

  A Scharfman, R Ramphal, C Neut, C Carnoy, G Lamblin, P Roussel
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  Listeriolysin as a virulence factor in Listeria monocytogenes infection of neonatal mice and murine decidual tissue.

  D B McKay, C Y Lu
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  Immunogenicity of Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine for young children.

  J R Murphy, L Grez, L Schlesinger, C Ferreccio, S Baqar, C Muñoz, S S Wasserman, G Losonsky, J G Olson, M M Levine