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  Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S is an adhesion.

  N R Baker, V Minor, C Deal, M S Shahrabadi, D A Simpson, D E Woods
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  Effects of activated macrophages on Mycobacterium leprae.

  N Ramasesh, L B Adams, S G Franzblau, J L Krahenbuhl
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  Effect of site-directed mutagenic alterations on ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of the A subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin.

  Y Lobet, C W Cluff, W Cieplak
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  Mouse liver contains a Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A-binding protein.

  J J Forristal, M R Thompson, R E Morris, C B Saelinger
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  Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-induced thymic lesions in mice and pigs.

  D L Stine, M J Huether, R A Moxley, S Srikumaran
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  Early gamma interferon production by natural killer cells is important in defense against murine listeriosis.

  P L Dunn, R J North
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  Distribution of the invA, -B, -C, and -D genes of Salmonella typhimurium among other Salmonella serovars: invA mutants of Salmonella typhi are deficient for entry into mammalian cells.

  J E Galán, R Curtiss
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  Immunization with Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote antigens incorporated into iscoms protects against lethal challenge in mice.

  F G Araujo, B Morein
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  Persistence of Escherichia coli bacteriuria is not determined by bacterial adherence.

  P Andersson, I Engberg, G Lidin-Janson, K Lincoln, R Hull, S Hull, C Svanborg
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  Live vaccine strain of Francisella tularensis: infection and immunity in mice.

  A H Fortier, M V Slayter, R Ziemba, M S Meltzer, C A Nacy
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  Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 enhances synthesis of endotoxin-induced tumor necrosis factor in mice.

  E Henne, W H Campbell, E Carlson
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  Dynamic analysis of splenic Th1 and Th2 lymphocyte functions in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum.

  Y H Xu, J Macedonia, A Sher, E Pearce, A W Cheever
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  Swine immunity to an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium mutant containing a recombinant plasmid which codes for production of a 31-kilodalton protein of Brucella abortus.

  T J Stabel, J E Mayfield, L B Tabatabai, M J Wannemuehler
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  Delineation of a segment of adsorbed salivary acidic proline-rich proteins which promotes adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to apatitic surfaces.

  R J Gibbons, D I Hay, D H Schlesinger
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  Superoxide generation by human neutrophils induced by low doses of Escherichia coli hemolysin.

  S Bhakdi, E Martin
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  Topology of outer membrane porins in pathogenic Neisseria spp.

  P van der Ley, J E Heckels, M Virji, P Hoogerhout, J T Poolman
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  Molecular cloning of the secretory acid proteinase gene from Candida albicans and its use as a species-specific probe.

  K Ganesan, A Banerjee, A Datta
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  Biodegradable and biocompatible poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres as an adjuvant for staphylococcal enterotoxin B toxoid which enhances the level of toxin-neutralizing antibodies.

  J H Eldridge, J K Staas, J A Meulbroek, T R Tice, R M Gilley
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  Staphylococcal exotoxins stimulate nitric oxide-dependent murine macrophage tumoricidal activity.

  D J Fast, B J Shannon, M J Herriott, M J Kennedy, J A Rummage, R W Leu
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  Differential sensitivity of CD8+ suppressor and cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity to bacterial monophosphoryl lipid A.

  F Esquivel, C E Taylor, P J Baker
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  Human immune response to an iron-repressible outer membrane protein of Bacteroides fragilis.

  B R Otto, W R Verweij, M Sparrius, A M Verweij-van Vught, C E Nord, D M MacLaren
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  Protective effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis outer membrane vesicles against bactericidal activity of human serum.

  D Grenier, M Bélanger
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  Live but not heat-killed mycobacteria cause rapid chemotaxis of large numbers of eosinophils in vivo and are ingested by the attracted granulocytes.

  A G Castro, N Esaguy, P M Macedo, A P Aguas, M T Silva
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  In vitro killing of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Capnocytophaga spp. by human neutrophil cathepsin G and elastase.

  K T Miyasaki, A L Bodeau
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  Increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha- and interleukin-6-secreting cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from subjects infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  T Ogawa, H Uchida, Y Kusumoto, Y Mori, Y Yamamura, S Hamada
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  Nucleotide sequence of the hemolysin I gene from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  J Frey, R Meier, D Gygi, J Nicolet
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  Endocytic mechanisms utilized by chlamydiae and their influence on induction of productive infection.

  D J Reynolds, J H Pearce
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  Attacin, an antibacterial protein from Hyalophora cecropia, inhibits synthesis of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli by interfering with omp gene transcription.

  A Carlsson, P Engström, E T Palva, H Bennich
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  Regulation of leukotriene B4 generation from human polymorphonuclear granulocytes after stimulation with formyl-methionyl-leucyl phenylalanine: effects of pertussis and cholera toxins.

  T Hensler, M Köller, W König
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  Increase of T-cell receptor gamma/delta-bearing T cells in cord blood of newborn babies obtained by in vitro stimulation with mycobacterial cord factor.

  I Tsuyuguchi, H Kawasumi, C Ueta, I Yano, S Kishimoto
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  Purification and characterization of three types of proteases from culture supernatants of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

  D Hinode, H Hayashi, R Nakamura
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  Adherence of Candida albicans to tissues from mice with genetic immunodeficiencies.

  D L Brawner, F O Smith, M Mori, S Nonoyama
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  Identification of hemolytic and cytotoxic proteins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by use of monoclonal antibodies.

  E M Kamp, J K Popma, J Anakotta, M A Smits
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  Heat shock proteins and antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  D B Young, T R Garbe
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  Differential effect of aging on B-cell immune responses to cholera toxin in the inductive and effector sites of the mucosal immune system.

  J A Haq, M R Szewczuk
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  Early events in initiation of alternative complement pathway activation by the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans.

  T R Kozel, M A Wilson, J W Murphy
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  Susceptibility of inbred mouse strains to infection with Serpula (Treponema) hyodysenteriae.

  S K Nibbelink, M J Wannemuehler
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  Capsulelike surface material of Mycoplasma dispar induced by in vitro growth in culture with bovine cells is antigenically related to similar structures expressed in vivo.

  R A Almeida, R F Rosenbusch
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  Activation of bovine neutrophils by partially purified Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin.

  C J Czuprynski, E J Noel, O Ortiz-Carranza, S Srikumaran
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  Depolarization of polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis 381 in the absence of respiratory burst activation.

  M J Novak, H J Cohen
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  Cells within the vascular system capable of mediating trypanocidal activity in vitro.

  K T Shaw, Y Mawji, M M Stevenson, P A Kongshavn
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  Antigenic cross-reactivity and functional inhibition by antibodies to Clostridium difficile toxin A, Streptococcus mutans glucan-binding protein, and a synthetic peptide.

  B W Wren, R R Russell, S Tabaqchali
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  Identification of two proteins associated with virulence of Streptococcus suis type 2.

  U Vecht, H J Wisselink, M L Jellema, H E Smith
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  The T-cell-stimulating 17-kilodalton protein of Francisella tularensis LVS is a lipoprotein.

  A Sjöstedt, A Tärnvik, G Sandström
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  Evidence for functionally distinct pili expressed by Neisseria meningitidis.

  R W Pinner, P A Spellman, D S Stephens
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  Development and characterization of a monoclonal antibody specific for Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua.

  A K Bhunia, P H Ball, A T Fuad, B W Kurz, J W Emerson, M G Johnson
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  Relative availability of transferrin-bound iron and cell-derived iron to aerobactin-producing and enterochelin-producing strains of Escherichia coli and to other microorganisms.

  J H Brock, P H Williams, J Licéaga, K G Wooldridge
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  The e (P4) outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae: biologic activity of anti-e serum and cloning and sequencing of the structural gene.

  B A Green, J E Farley, T Quinn-Dey, R A Deich, G W Zlotnick
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  Induction of protective immunity by using Anaplasma marginale initial body membranes.

  N Tebele, T C McGuire, G H Palmer
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  The genes coding for the antigen 85 complexes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG are members of a gene family: cloning, sequence determination, and genomic organization of the gene coding for antigen 85-C of M. tuberculosis.

  J Content, A de la Cuvellerie, L De Wit, V Vincent-Levy-Frébault, J Ooms, J De Bruyn
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  Mechanisms involved in mycobacterial growth inhibition by gamma interferon-activated bone marrow macrophages: role of reactive nitrogen intermediates.

  I E Flesch, S H Kaufmann
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  Cloning and sequencing of the genes coding for the 10- and 60-kDa heat shock proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and mapping of a species-specific epitope.

  A Sipos, M Klocke, M Frosch
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  Isolation of an intracellular bacterium from hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with proliferative ileitis and reproduction of the disease with a pure culture.

  H F Stills
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  Identification of larval cross-reactive and egg-specific antigens involved in granuloma formation in murine schistosomiasis mansoni.

  N W Lukacs, D L Boros
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  Antigenic differences between Coxiella burnetii cells revealed by postembedding immunoelectron microscopy and immunoblotting.

  T F McCaul, N Banerjee-Bhatnagar, J C Williams
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  Differential induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha in ovine pulmonary alveolar macrophages following infection with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Pasteurella haemolytica, or lentiviruses.

  J A Ellis, M D Lairmore, D T O'Toole, M Campos
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  Activation of human monocytes by Streptococcus mutans serotype f polysaccharide: immunoglobulin G Fc receptor expression and tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 production.

  S Benabdelmoumene, S Dumont, C Petit, P Poindron, D Wachsmann, J P Klein
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  Lethal effects of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin on human T lymphocytes.

  D F Mangan, N S Taichman, E T Lally, S M Wahl
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  Characterization of vir-activated TnphoA gene fusions in Bordetella pertussis.

  T M Finn, R Shahin, J J Mekalanos
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  Killing of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro by nitric oxide derivatives.

  K A Rockett, M M Awburn, W B Cowden, I A Clark
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  Inhibitory effects of human salivary histatins and lysozyme on coaggregation between Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus mitis.

  Y Murakami, H Nagata, A Amano, M Takagaki, S Shizukuishi, A Tsunemitsu, S Aimoto
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  Role of beta interferon in resistance to Toxoplasma gondii infection.

  M A Orellana, Y Suzuki, F Araujo, J S Remington
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  Growth of Francisella spp. in rodent macrophages.

  L D Anthony, R D Burke, F E Nano
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  Pathogenicity of Candida albicans auxotrophic mutants in experimental infections.

  D R Kirsch, R R Whitney
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  Rat model of congenital toxoplasmosis.

  J P Dubey, S K Shen
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  Trypanosoma cruzi but not Trypanosoma brucei fails to induce a chemiluminescent signal in a macrophage hybridoma cell line.

  B Vray, P De Baetselier, A Ouaissi, Y Carlier
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  Complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a surface protein antigen of Streptococcus sobrinus.

  M Tokuda, N Okahashi, I Takahashi, M Nakai, S Nagaoka, M Kawagoe, T Koga
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  Identification of subregions of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin that stimulate human T-cell responses.

  A Di Tommaso, M Domenighini, M Bugnoli, A Tagliabue, R Rappuoli, M T De Magistris
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  Production of leukotriene B4 and 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid by human neutrophils is inhibited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa phenazine derivatives.

  M Muller, T C Sorrell
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  Protein and antigen heterogeneity among strains of Mycoplasma fermentans.

  C T Städtlander, C Zuhua, H L Watson, G H Cassell
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  Blood proteins do not promote adherence of coagulase-negative staphylococci to biomaterials.

  E Muller, S Takeda, D A Goldmann, G B Pier
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  Successive synovial Mycoplasma hominis isolates exhibit apparent antigenic variation.

  L D Olson, C A Renshaw, S W Shane, M F Barile
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  Epitope mapping of the d flagellar antigen of Salmonella muenchen.

  T M Joys, F Schödel
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  Distribution, expression, and long-range mapping of legiolysin gene (lly)-specific DNA sequences in legionellae.

  L Bender, M Ott, A Debes, U Rdest, J Heesemann, J Hacker
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  Functional evidence that the Ser-195 residue of staphylococcal exfoliative toxin A is essential for biological activity.

  G Prévost, S Rifai, M L Chaix, Y Piémont
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  Strain variation of Babesia bovis merozoite surface-exposed epitopes.

  G H Palmer, T F McElwain, L E Perryman, W C Davis, D R Reduker, D P Jasmer, V Shkap, E Pipano, W L Goff, T C McGuire
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  Purification and characterization of Helicobacter mustelae urease.

  B E Dunn, C C Sung, N S Taylor, J G Fox
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  Comparative immunochemistry of lipopolysaccharides from Branhamella catarrhalis strains.

  J S Fomsgaard, A Fomsgaard, N Høiby, B Bruun, C Galanos