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Research Article

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  Toxicity of recombinant toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and mutant toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus in a rabbit infection model of toxic shock syndrome.

  P F Bonventre, H Heeg, C Cullen, C J Lian
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  Identification of F11 fimbriae on chicken Escherichia coli strains.

  J F van den Bosch, J H Hendriks, I Gladigau, H M Willems, P K Storm, F K de Graaf
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  Characterization of environmental regulators of Bordetella pertussis.

  A R Melton, A A Weiss
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  Possible origin of sequence divergence in the P1 cytadhesin gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

  C J Su, S F Dallo, A Chavoya, J B Baseman
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  T-cell-independent resistance to infection and generation of immunity to Francisella tularensis.

  K L Elkins, T Rhinehart-Jones, C A Nacy, R K Winegar, A H Fortier
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  Tumor necrosis factor alpha binding to bacteria: evidence for a high-affinity receptor and alteration of bacterial virulence properties.

  G Luo, D W Niesel, R A Shaban, E A Grimm, G R Klimpel
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  Pathogenicity of an Escherichia coli O115:K"V165" mutant negative for F165(1) fimbriae in septicemia of gnotobiotic pigs.

  M Ngeleka, M Jacques, B Martineau-Doizé, F Daigle, J Harel, J M Fairbrother
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  Specificity of a protective memory immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  P Andersen, I Heron
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  C1q binding and activation of the complement classical pathway by Klebsiella pneumoniae outer membrane proteins.

  S Albertí, G Marqués, S Camprubí, S Merino, J M Tomás, F Vivanco, V J Benedí
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  In vitro killing of Ehrlichia risticii by activated and immune mouse peritoneal macrophages.

  N M Williams, P J Timoney
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  Murine peritoneal macrophages activated by the mycobacterial 65-kilodalton heat shock protein express enhanced microbicidal activity in vitro.

  W E Peetermans, J A Langermans, M E van der Hulst, J D van Embden, R van Furth
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  In vitro model of adhesion and invasion by Bacillus piliformis.

  C L Franklin, D A Kinden, P L Stogsdill, L K Riley
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  Proteus mirabilis fimbriae: N-terminal amino acid sequence of a major fimbrial subunit and nucleotide sequences of the genes from two strains.

  F K Bahrani, S Cook, R A Hull, G Massad, H L Mobley
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  Conservation of antigen components from two recombinant hybrid proteins protective against malaria.

  B Knapp, U Nau, E Hundt
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  Mammalian cell sialic acid enhances invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi.

  R P Schenkman, F Vandekerckhove, S Schenkman
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  Molecular cloning of a member of the gene family that encodes pMGA, a hemagglutinin of Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

  P F Markham, M D Glew, K G Whithear, I D Walker
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  Characterization of specific binding of a human immunoglobulin M monoclonal antibody to lipopolysaccharide and its lipid A domain.

  Y Fujihara, M G Lei, D C Morrison
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  Phenotypic characterization of xpr, a global regulator of extracellular virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus.

  M S Smeltzer, M E Hart, J J Iandolo
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  The interleukin-1 receptor antagonist can either reduce or enhance the lethality of Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis in newborn rats.

  J Mancilla, P García, C A Dinarello
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  Experimental gastritis induced by Helicobacter pylori in Japanese monkeys.

  R Shuto, T Fujioka, T Kubota, M Nasu
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  Isolation and characterization of a cloned Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinin from an avirulent strain of Salmonella typhimurium.

  D M Dusek, A Progulske-Fox, J Whitlock, T A Brown
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  Cloning and characterization of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-RTX-toxin III (ApxIII) gene.

  R Jansen, J Briaire, E M Kamp, A L Gielkens, M A Smits
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  Ultrastructural analysis of attachment to and penetration of capillaries in the murine pons, midbrain, thalamus, and hypothalamus by Nocardia asteroides.

  B L Beaman, S A Ogata
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  Characterization of bovine neutrophil antibacterial polypeptides which bind to Escherichia coli.

  L Litteri, D Romeo
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  Endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoids have different roles in modulating endotoxin lethality in D-galactosamine-sensitized mice.

  J C Gonzalez, D C Johnson, D C Morrison, M A Freudenberg, C Galanos, R Silverstein
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  Estimation of protective levels of anti-O-specific lipopolysaccharide immunoglobulin G antibody against experimental Escherichia coli infection.

  D E Schiff, C A Wass, S J Cryz, A S Cross, K S Kim
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  Cloning of the Streptococcus gordonii PK488 gene, encoding an adhesin which mediates coaggregation with Actinomyces naeslundii PK606.

  R N Andersen, N Ganeshkumar, P E Kolenbrander
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  Plasmodium falciparum-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgE antibodies in paired maternal-cord sera from east Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

  R S Desowitz, J Elm, M P Alpers
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  Structure-function analyses of diphtheria toxin by use of monoclonal antibodies.

  J M Rolf, L Eidels
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  Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin subunit B fusions with Streptococcus sobrinus antigens expressed by Salmonella typhimurium oral vaccine strains: importance of the linker for antigenicity and biological activities of the hybrid proteins.

  E K Jagusztyn-Krynicka, J E Clark-Curtiss, R Curtiss
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  Overexpression and purification of a fimbria-associated adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis.

  L Oligino, P Fives-Taylor
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  Laboratory and clinical evaluation of conjugate vaccines composed of Staphylococcus aureus type 5 and type 8 capsular polysaccharides bound to Pseudomonas aeruginosa recombinant exoprotein A.

  A Fattom, R Schneerson, D C Watson, W W Karakawa, D Fitzgerald, I Pastan, X Li, J Shiloach, D A Bryla, J B Robbins
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  Lipopolysaccharide-binding proteins of Limulus amebocyte lysate.

  R I Roth, P S Tobias
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  Generation and purification of recombinant fimbrillin from Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis 381.

  O R Washington, M Deslauriers, D P Stevens, L K Lyford, S Haque, Y Yan, P M Flood
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  Localization of myosin heavy chain A in the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica.

  Z Rahim, A Raymond-Denise, P Sansonetti, N Guillen
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  Staphylococcus aureus toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and Streptococcus pyogenes erythrogenic toxin A modulate inflammatory mediator release from human neutrophils.

  T Hensler, M Köller, C Geoffroy, J E Alouf, W König
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  Characterization of a conserved helper-T-cell epitope from group A Streptococcal M proteins.

  J H Robinson, M C Case, M A Kehoe
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  Leishmania donovani-reactive Th1- and Th2-like T-cell clones from individuals who have recovered from visceral leishmaniasis.

  M Kemp, J A Kurtzhals, K Bendtzen, L K Poulsen, M B Hansen, D K Koech, A Kharazmi, T G Theander
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  Nucleotide sequence analysis and serologic characterization of a 27-kilodalton Mycobacterium intracellulare lipoprotein.

  J Nair, D A Rouse, S L Morris
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  Effects of Clostridium difficile toxin B on human monocytes and macrophages: possible relationship with cytoskeletal rearrangement.

  J C Siffert, O Baldacini, J G Kuhry, D Wachsmann, S Benabdelmoumene, A Faradji, H Monteil, P Poindron
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  Genetic conservation of hlyA determinants and serological conservation of HlyA: basis for developing a broadly cross-reactive subunit Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin vaccine.

  P O'Hanley, R Marcus, K H Baek, K Denich, G E Ji
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  Comparison of Shiga-like toxin I B-subunit expression and localization in Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae by using trc or iron-regulated promoter systems.

  D W Acheson, S B Calderwood, S A Boyko, L L Lincicome, A V Kane, A Donohue-Rolfe, G T Keusch
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  Induction of murine T-helper-cell responses to the filarial nematode Brugia malayi.

  E Pearlman, F E Hazlett, W H Boom, J W Kazura
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  Listeria monocytogenes infection in beta 2 microglobulin-deficient mice.

  A D Roberts, D J Ordway, I M Orme
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  Continuous B-cell epitopes in Chlamydia trachomatis heat shock protein 60.

  Y Yi, G Zhong, R C Brunham
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  Cloning and expression of the multiple sugar metabolism (msm) operon of Streptococcus mutans in heterologous streptococcal hosts.

  L Tao, I C Sutcliffe, R R Russell, J J Ferretti
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  Aggregative adherence fimbria I expression in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli requires two unlinked plasmid regions.

  J P Nataro, D Yikang, J A Giron, S J Savarino, M H Kothary, R Hall
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  Effect of modulation of polymorphonuclear leukocyte migration with anti-CD18 antibody on pathogenesis of experimental otitis media in guinea pigs.

  J Patel, T Chonmaitree, F Schmalstieg
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  Molecular cloning, expression, and DNA sequence analysis of the gene that encodes the 16-kilodalton outer membrane lipoprotein of Serpulina hyodysenteriae.

  W Thomas, R Sellwood
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  Induction of bradyzoite-specific Toxoplasma gondii antigens in gamma interferon-treated mouse macrophages.

  W Bohne, J Heesemann, U Gross
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  Mapping of T-cell epitopes of flagellar antigen d of Salmonella muenchen.

  T M Joys, N E Street
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  Safety and immunogenicity of Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine in young Thai children.

  S J Cryz, N Vanprapar, U Thisyakorn, T Olanratmanee, G Losonsky, M M Levine, S Chearskul
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  Attaching-effacing lesions and intracellular penetration in HeLa cells and human duodenal mucosa by two Escherichia coli strains not belonging to the classical enteropathogenic E. coli serogroups.

  M Z Pedroso, E Freymüller, L R Trabulsi, T A Gomes
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  Immunolocalization of superoxide dismutase in Dirofilaria immitis adult worms.

  H L Callahan, D Hazen-Martin, R K Crouch, E R James
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  Probable presence of beta(1-2)-linked oligomannosides that act as human immunoglobulin G3 epitopes and are distributed over a Candida albicans 14- to 18-kilodalton antigen.

  D Poulain, C Faille, C Delaunoy, P M Jacquinot, P A Trinel, D Camus