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  Toxoplasma gondii: a protozoan for the nineties.

  K A Joiner, J F Dubremetz
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  Cloning and sequencing of the gene for alpha antigen from Mycobacterium avium and mapping of B-cell epitopes.

  N Ohara, K Matsuo, R Yamaguchi, A Yamazaki, H Tasaka, T Yamada
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  LasR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a transcriptional activator of the alkaline protease gene (apr) and an enhancer of exotoxin A expression.

  M J Gambello, S Kaye, B H Iglewski
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  Enhancement of oxidative response and damage caused by human neutrophils to Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and gamma interferon.

  E Roilides, K Uhlig, D Venzon, P A Pizzo, T J Walsh
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  Temporal relationship of cytokine release by peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated by the streptococcal superantigen pep M5.

  M Kotb, H Ohnishi, G Majumdar, S Hackett, A Bryant, G Higgins, D Stevens
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  Lipid modification of the 17-kilodalton membrane immunogen of Treponema pallidum determines macrophage activation as well as amphiphilicity.

  D R Akins, B K Purcell, M M Mitra, M V Norgard, J D Radolf
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  Antibody response and protection against challenge in mice vaccinated intraperitoneally with a live aroA O4-O9 hybrid Salmonella dublin strain.

  A A Lindberg, T Segall, A Weintraub, B A Stocker
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  Oral vaccination of calves with an aromatic-dependent Salmonella dublin (O9,12) hybrid expressing O4,12 protects against S. dublin (O9,12) but not against Salmonella typhimurium (O4,5,12).

  T Segall, A A Lindberg
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  Characterization of a catalase-deficient strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: evidence for the significance of catalase in the biology of N. gonorrhoeae.

  S R Johnson, B M Steiner, D D Cruce, G H Perkins, R J Arko
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  Requirements for invasion of epithelial cells by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

  P K Sreenivasan, D H Meyer, P M Fives-Taylor
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  Expression of gtfS is essential for normal insoluble glucan synthesis by Streptococcus downei.

  K S Gilmore, R R Russell, J J Ferretti
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  Safety and immunogenicity in human volunteers of a chloroform-methanol residue vaccine for Q fever.

  L F Fries, D M Waag, J C Williams
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  Streptococcus mutans fructosyltransferase (ftf) and glucosyltransferase (gtfBC) operon fusion strains in continuous culture.

  D L Wexler, M C Hudson, R A Burne
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  Experimental hematogenous candidiasis caused by Candida krusei and Candida albicans: species differences in pathogenicity.

  E Anaissie, R Hachem, C K-Tin-U, L C Stephens, G P Bodey
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  Immunochemistry of capsular type polysaccharide and virulence properties of type VI Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci).

  C von Hunolstein, S D'Ascenzi, B Wagner, J Jelínková, G Alfarone, S Recchia, M Wagner, G Orefici
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  Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus induces a selective stress response in human monocytes-macrophages (M phi): modulation by M phi differentiation and by iron.

  S Kantengwa, B S Polla
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  Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice show reduced hepatic fibrosis and eosinophilia and selective inhibition of interleukin-5 secretion by CD4+ cells after treatment with anti-interleukin-2 antibodies.

  A W Cheever, Y Xu, A Sher, F D Finkelman, T M Cox, J G Macedonia
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  Utilization of the mouse large intestine to select an Escherichia coli F-18 DNA sequence that enhances colonizing ability and stimulates synthesis of type 1 fimbriae.

  R L Burghoff, L Pallesen, K A Krogfelt, J V Newman, M Richardson, J L Bliss, D C Laux, P S Cohen
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  Identification of antigenic epitopes in an alanine-rich repeating region of a surface protein antigen of Streptococcus mutants.

  N Okahashi, I Takahashi, M Nakai, H Senpuku, T Nisizawa, T Koga
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  Elevated interleukin-8 levels in the urine of patients with urinary tract infections.

  Y C Ko, N Mukaida, S Ishiyama, A Tokue, T Kawai, K Matsushima, T Kasahara
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  Pneumocystis carinii organisms obtained from rats, ferrets, and mice are antigenically different.

  N L Bauer, J R Paulsrud, M S Bartlett, J W Smith, C E Wilde
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  Phenotypic modulation by Legionella pneumophila upon infection of macrophages.

  Y Abu Kwaik, B I Eisenstein, N C Engleberg
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  Effector role of blood monocytes in experimental visceral leishmaniasis.

  J S Cervia, H Rosen, H W Murray
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  Membrane damage and interleukin-1 production in murine macrophages exposed to listeriolysin O.

  H Yoshikawa, I Kawamura, M Fujita, H Tsukada, M Arakawa, M Mitsuyama
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  T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent mechanisms of tolerance to glucuronoxylomannan of Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A.

  J B Sundstrom, R Cherniak
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  The major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus ducreyi is a member of the OmpA family of proteins.

  S M Spinola, G E Griffiths, K L Shanks, M S Blake
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  Toxicity of pneumolysin to pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells.

  J B Rubins, P G Duane, D Clawson, D Charboneau, J Young, D E Niewoehner
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  Evidence that lipopolysaccharide and pertussis toxin bind to different domains on the same p73 receptor on murine splenocytes.

  M G Lei, D C Morrison
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  Characterization of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody directed at variable domain I of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis C-complex serovars.

  Z Qu, X Cheng, L M de la Maza, E M Peterson
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  Genetic and functional characterization of the gene cluster specifying expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pili.

  T Koga, K Ishimoto, S Lory
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  Association between expression of immunoglobulin G-binding proteins by group A streptococci and virulence in a mouse skin infection model.

  R Raeder, M D Boyle
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  Immunization of virgin cows with surface antigen TF1.17 of Tritrichomonas foetus.

  R H BonDurant, R R Corbeil, L B Corbeil
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  Isolation and biochemical characterization of the iC3b receptor of Candida albicans.

  S Alaei, C Larcher, C Ebenbichler, W M Prodinger, J Janatova, M P Dierich
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  Site-directed mutagenesis of Glu-141 and His-223 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase: catalytic activity, processing, and protective activity of the elastase against Pseudomonas infection.

  S Kawamoto, Y Shibano, J Fukushima, N Ishii, K Morihara, K Okuda
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  Roles of Ca2+ and F-actin in intracellular aggregation of Chlamydia trachomatis in eucaryotic cells.

  M Majeed, M Gustafsson, E Kihlström, O Stendahl
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  Neutrophil Fc receptor participation in phagocytosis of type III group B streptococci.

  F J Noya, C J Baker, M S Edwards
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  Restricted ability of group B streptococcal C5a-ase to inactivate C5a prepared from different animal species.

  J F Bohnsack, J K Chang, H R Hill
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  Effects of ATPase inhibitors on the response of HeLa cells to Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin.

  T L Cover, L Y Reddy, M J Blaser
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  Eicosanoid production by mouse peritoneal macrophages during Toxoplasma gondii penetration: role of parasite and host cell phospholipases.

  J F Thardin, C M'Rini, M Beraud, J Vandaele, M F Frisach, M H Bessieres, J P Seguela, B Pipy
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  Superoxide dismutase and the resistance of Escherichia coli to phagocytic killing by human neutrophils.

  E Papp-Szabò, C L Sutherland, P D Josephy
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  Long-lived respiratory immune response to filamentous hemagglutinin following Bordetella pertussis infection.

  D F Amsbaugh, Z M Li, R D Shahin
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  Changes in inflammatory mediators in experimental periodontitis in the rhesus monkey.

  M A Smith, L D Braswell, J G Collins, D L Boyd, M K Jeffcoat, M Reddy, K L Li, S Wilensky, R Vogel, M Alfano
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  Specific and nonspecific responses of murine B cells to membrane blebs of Borrelia burgdorferi.

  W M Whitmire, C F Garon
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  Gamma interferon cooperates with lipopolysaccharide to activate mouse splenic macrophages to an antihistoplasma state.

  T E Lane, B A Wu-Hsieh, D H Howard
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  Complement component C5 modulates the systemic tumor necrosis factor response in murine endotoxic shock.

  P A Barton, J S Warren
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  Complete development of Cryptosporidium parvum in a human endometrial carcinoma cell line.

  K R Rasmussen, N C Larsen, M C Healey
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  Tick salivary gland extract and interleukin-2 stimulation enhance susceptibility of lymphocytes to infection by Theileria parva sporozoites.

  M K Shaw, L G Tilney, D J McKeever
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  Protective role of interleukin 6 in the lipopolysaccharide-galactosamine septic shock model.

  B E Barton, J V Jackson
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  Filamentous growth and elevated vaginopathic potential of a nongerminative variant of Candida albicans expressing low virulence in systemic infection.

  F De Bernardis, D Adriani, R Lorenzini, E Pontieri, G Carruba, A Cassone
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  Homologs of Mycobacterium leprae 18-kilodalton and Mycobacterium tuberculosis 19-kilodalton antigens in other mycobacteria.

  R J Booth, D L Williams, K D Moudgil, L C Noonan, P M Grandison, J J McKee, R L Prestidge, J D Watson
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  CD4+ T-cell dynamics and host predisposition to infection.

  A N Schweitzer
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  The immunodominant 90-kilodalton protein is localized on the terminal tip structure of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

  G Franzoso, P C Hu, G A Meloni, M F Barile
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  Antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b outer membrane proteins in children with epiglottitis or meningitis and in healthy controls.

  P D Johnson, S J MacInnes, G L Gilbert
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  The cell wall mediates pneumococcal attachment to and cytopathology in human endothelial cells.

  S Geelen, C Bhattacharyya, E Tuomanen
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  Prolonged inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis abolishes Salmonella invasion.

  K J MacBeth, C A Lee
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  Identification of a salivary agglutinin-binding domain within cell surface adhesin P1 of Streptococcus mutans.

  P J Crowley, L J Brady, D A Piacentini, A S Bleiweis
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  Comparison of receptors required for entry of Leishmania major amastigotes into macrophages.

  R A Guy, M Belosevic
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  Cloning and sequence analysis of the structural pilin gene of Brazilian purpuric fever-associated Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius.

  A M Whitney, M M Farley
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  Analysis of a DNA polymorphic region in the gtfB and gtfC genes of Streptococcus mutans.

  J S Chia, S W Lin, T Y Hsu, J Y Chen, H W Kwan, C S Yang
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  Antibodies to a range of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli heat shock proteins in sera from patients with S. aureus endocarditis.

  M W Qoronfleh, W Weraarchakul, B J Wilkinson
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  Localization of the virulence-associated genes pilA, pilR, rpoN, fliA, fliC, ent, and fbp on the physical map of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by pulsed-field electrophoresis.

  M A Farinha, S L Ronald, A M Kropinski, W Paranchych
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  The zinc metalloprotease of Listeria monocytogenes is required for maturation of phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C: direct evidence obtained by gene complementation.

  C Poyart, E Abachin, I Razafimanantsoa, P Berche
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  High sodium chloride concentrations inhibit staphylococcal enterotoxin C gene (sec) expression at the level of sec mRNA.

  L B Regassa, M J Betley
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  Exacerbation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in immunodeficient (scid) mice by concurrent infection with a pneumovirus.

  M V Bray, S W Barthold, C L Sidman, J Roths, A L Smith
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  Neutralizing antibodies to Haemophilus ducreyi cytotoxin.

  T Lagergård, M Purvén
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  Reduction of bacterial titers by low-dose aspirin in experimental aortic valve endocarditis.

  D P Nicolau, C D Freeman, C H Nightingale, R Quintiliani, C J Coe, E G Maderazo, B W Cooper
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  Interaction between human immunodeficiency virus and Toxoplasma gondii replication in dually infected monocytoid cells.

  Y Welker, J M Molina, C Poirot, F Ferchal, J M Decazes, P Lagrange, F Derouin