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  Virulence factors among gram-positive bacteria in experimental endocarditis.

  L M Baddour
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  Purification and characterization of an elastinolytic metalloprotease from Aspergillus fumigatus and immunoelectron microscopic evidence of secretion of this enzyme by the fungus invading the murine lung.

  A Markaryan, I Morozova, H Yu, P E Kolattukudy
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  Proteolytic activity and fatal gram-negative sepsis in burned mice: effect of exogenous proteinase inhibition.

  A N Neely, R G Miller, I A Holder
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  Pioneer oral streptococci produce immunoglobulin A1 protease.

  M F Cole, M Evans, S Fitzsimmons, J Johnson, C Pearce, M J Sheridan, R Wientzen, G Bowden
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  Specific interaction of Aspergillus fumigatus with fibrinogen and its role in cell adhesion.

  P Coulot, J P Bouchara, G Renier, V Annaix, C Planchenault, G Tronchin, D Chabasse
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  Effect of salicylate, bismuth, osmolytes, and tetracycline resistance on expression of fimbriae by Escherichia coli.

  C M Kunin, T H Hua, R L Guerrant, L O Bakaletz
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  Glucosyltransferase mediates adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to human endothelial cells in vitro.

  A M Vacca-Smith, C A Jones, M J Levine, M W Stinson
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  Differential priming effects of proinflammatory cytokines on human neutrophil oxidative burst in response to bacterial N-formyl peptides.

  C Elbim, S Bailly, S Chollet-Martin, J Hakim, M A Gougerot-Pocidalo
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  Intracellular expression of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  R L Deresiewicz, J A Flaxenburg, M Chan, R W Finberg, D L Kasper
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  Attachment of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites to MDCK cells in vitro.

  D H Hamer, H Ward, S Tzipori, M E Pereira, J P Alroy, G T Keusch
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  Clustering of fibronectin adhesins toward Treponema denticola tips upon contact with immobilized fibronectin.

  J R Dawson, R P Ellen
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  Gentamicin kills intracellular Listeria monocytogenes.

  D A Drevets, B P Canono, P J Leenen, P A Campbell
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  Entrance and survival of Salmonella typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica within human B- and T-cell lines.

  G M Verjans, J H Ringrose, L van Alphen, T E Feltkamp, J G Kusters
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  The 70-kilodalton pertussis toxin-binding protein in Jurkat cells.

  G D Armstrong, C G Clark, L D Heerze
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  Reduced virulence of Serpulina hyodysenteriae hemolysin-negative mutants in pigs and their potential to protect pigs against challenge with a virulent strain.

  D R Hyatt, A A ter Huurne, B A van der Zeijst, L A Joens
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  Histidine residues near the N terminus of staphylococcal alpha-toxin as reporters of regions that are critical for oligomerization and pore formation.

  R Jursch, A Hildebrand, G Hobom, J Tranum-Jensen, R Ward, M Kehoe, S Bhakdi
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  Molecular structures that influence the immunomodulatory properties of the lipid A and inner core region oligosaccharides of bacterial lipopolysaccharides.

  P J Baker, T Hraba, C E Taylor, P W Stashak, M B Fauntleroy, U Zähringer, K Takayama, T R Sievert, X Hronowski, R J Cotter
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  Lipopolysaccharide smooth-rough phase variation in bacteria of the genus Chlamydia.

  M Lukácová, M Baumann, L Brade, U Mamat, H Brade
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  Antiparasitic and antiproliferative effects of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme expression in human fibroblasts.

  S L Gupta, J M Carlin, P Pyati, W Dai, E R Pfefferkorn, M J Murphy
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  Toxicity of lipopolysaccharide and of soluble extracts of Salmonella typhimurium in mice immunized with a live attenuated aroA salmonella vaccine.

  P Mastroeni, B Villarreal-Ramos, J A Harrison, R Demarco de Hormaeche, C E Hormaeche
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  Cryptosporidium muris in adult mice: adoptive transfer of immunity and protective roles of CD4 versus CD8 cells.

  V McDonald, H A Robinson, J P Kelly, G J Bancroft
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  Effect of alterations of basic amino acid residues of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin II on enterotoxicity.

  Y Fujii, Y Okamuro, S Hitotsubashi, A Saito, N Akashi, K Okamoto
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  Identification, localization, and distribution of the PilT protein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

  L Brossay, G Paradis, R Fox, M Koomey, J Hébert
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  Staphylococcal iron requirements, siderophore production, and iron-regulated protein expression.

  J A Lindsay, T V Riley
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  Uroepithelial cells are part of a mucosal cytokine network.

  S Hedges, W Agace, M Svensson, A C Sjögren, M Ceska, C Svanborg
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  Variability of Aspergillus nidulans antigens with media and time and temperature of growth.

  J A Calera, R López-Medrano, M C Ovejero, P Puente, F Leal
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  Immunopathological features of rat Staphylococcus aureus arthritis.

  T Bremell, S Lange, R Holmdahl, C Rydén, G K Hansson, A Tarkowski
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  Treatment with anti-interleukin-10 monoclonal antibody enhances early resistance to but impairs complete clearance of Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice.

  R D Wagner, N M Maroushek, J F Brown, C J Czuprynski
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  Serum antibody immunoglobulin G of mice convalescent from Plasmodium yoelii infection inhibits growth of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro: blood stage antigens of P. falciparum involved in interspecies cross-reactive inhibition of parasite growth.

  P Ray, N Sahoo, B Singh, F A Kironde
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  Immunoglobulin G enhances C3 degradation on coagulase-negative staphylococci.

  A G Correa, C J Baker, G E Schutze, M S Edwards
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  Helicobacter pylori isolated from the domestic cat: public health implications.

  L K Handt, J G Fox, F E Dewhirst, G J Fraser, B J Paster, L L Yan, H Rozmiarek, R Rufo, I H Stalis
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  Inhibition of intracellular Histoplasma capsulatum replication by murine macrophages that produce human defensin.

  M A Couto, L Liu, R I Lehrer, T Ganz
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  Use of pyocin to select a Haemophilus ducreyi variant defective in lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis.

  A A Campagnari, R Karalus, M Apicella, W Melaugh, A J Lesse, B W Gibson
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  M12 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes is a receptor for immunoglobulin G3 and human albumin.

  D S Retnoningrum, P P Cleary
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  Pathogenicity of porcine intestinal spirochetes in gnotobiotic pigs.

  N A Neef, R J Lysons, D J Trott, D J Hampson, P W Jones, J H Morgan
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  Plasmid regulation and temperature-sensitive behavior of the Yersinia pestis penicillin-binding proteins.

  R C Ferreira, J T Park, L C Ferreira
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  Mycoplasma arthritidis-derived superantigen induces proinflammatory monokine gene expression in the THP-1 human monocytic cell line.

  R al-Daccak, K Mehindate, J Hébert, L Rink, S Mecheri, W Mourad
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  Chemical definition, cloning, and expression of the major protein of the leprosy bacillus.

  B Rivoire, M C Pessolani, C M Bozic, S W Hunter, S A Hefta, V Mehra, P J Brennan
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  Comparison of nonhuman primate antibodies against Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide with human antibodies in oligoclonality and in vivo protective potency.

  K H Kim, M K Park, C C Peeters, J T Poolman, M H Shearer, R C Kennedy, M H Nahm
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  Expression of large amounts of neisserial porin proteins in Escherichia coli and refolding of the proteins into native trimers.

  H L Qi, J Y Tai, M S Blake
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  Cloning and sequence analysis of a gene encoding a 67-kilodalton myosin-cross-reactive antigen of Streptococcus pyogenes reveals its similarity with class II major histocompatibility antigens.

  K S Kil, M W Cunningham, L A Barnett
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  Adherence of group B streptococci to cultured epithelial cells: roles of environmental factors and bacterial surface components.

  G S Tamura, J M Kuypers, S Smith, H Raff, C E Rubens
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  Immunobiological activities of a 55-kilodalton cell surface protein of Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611.

  K Matsushita, S Nagaoka, R Arakaki, Y Kawabata, K Iki, M Kawagoe, H Takada
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  A functional tonB gene is required for both utilization of heme and virulence expression by Haemophilus influenzae type b.

  G P Jarosik, J D Sanders, L D Cope, U Muller-Eberhard, E J Hansen
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  Corneal virulence of Staphylococcus aureus: roles of alpha-toxin and protein A in pathogenesis.

  M C Callegan, L S Engel, J M Hill, R J O'Callaghan
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  A lytic monoclonal antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi bloodstream trypomastigotes which recognizes an epitope expressed in tissues affected in Chagas' disease.

  N W Zwirner, E L Malchiodi, M G Chiaramonte, C A Fossati
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  B cells are required for the switch from Th1- to Th2-regulated immune responses to Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection.

  A W Taylor-Robinson, R S Phillips
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  Molecular cloning and characterization of the 78-kilodalton glucose-regulated protein of Trypanosoma cruzi.

  R S Tibbetts, I Y Kim, C L Olson, L M Barthel, M A Sullivan, A G Winquist, S D Miller, D M Engman
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  Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG secreting functional interleukin-2 enhances gamma interferon production by splenocytes.

  M A O'Donnell, A Aldovini, R B Duda, H Yang, A Szilvasi, R A Young, W C DeWolf
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  Mycobacterium tuberculosis alters expression of adhesion molecules on monocytic cells.

  G M López Ramírez, W N Rom, C Ciotoli, A Talbot, F Martiniuk, B Cronstein, J Reibman
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  Cloning and characterization of bys1, a temperature-dependent cDNA specific to the yeast phase of the pathogenic dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis.

  E F Burg, L H Smith
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  Leukotriene B4 generation and DNA fragmentation induced by leukocidin from Staphylococcus aureus: protective role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and G-CSF for human neutrophils.

  T Hensler, B König, G Prévost, Y Piémont, M Köller, W König
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  Effective vaccination of mice against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with a soluble mixture of secreted mycobacterial proteins.

  P Andersen
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  Purification and antigenicity of a novel glucan-binding protein of Streptococcus mutans.

  D J Smith, H Akita, W F King, M A Taubman
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  CS31A capsule-like antigen as an exposure vector for heterologous antigenic determinants.

  F Bousquet, C Martin, J P Girardeau, M C Méchin, M Der Vartanian, H Laude, M Contrepois
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  Identification of a novel antigen from Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis that protects sheep against caseous lymphadenitis.

  J Walker, H J Jackson, D G Eggleton, E N Meeusen, M J Wilson, M R Brandon
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  Relationship of tumor necrosis factor alpha, the nitric oxide synthase pathway, and lipopolysaccharide to the killing of gamma interferon-treated macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells by Rickettsia prowazekii.

  J Turco, H H Winkler
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  Expansion of gamma interferon-producing CD8+ T cells following secondary infection of mice immune to Leishmania major.

  I Müller, P Kropf, J A Louis, G Milon
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  Phase variation in pneumococcal opacity: relationship between colonial morphology and nasopharyngeal colonization.

  J N Weiser, R Austrian, P K Sreenivasan, H R Masure
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  Immune responses to Yersinia enterocolitica in susceptible BALB/c and resistant C57BL/6 mice: an essential role for gamma interferon.

  I B Autenrieth, M Beer, E Bohn, S H Kaufmann, J Heesemann
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  Production of alpha interferon in Cowdria ruminantium-infected cattle and its effect on infected endothelial cell cultures.

  P Totté, F Jongejan, A L de Gee, J Wérenne
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  Protection of gerbils from amebic liver abscess by immunization with a recombinant protein derived from the 170-kilodalton surface adhesin of Entamoeba histolytica.

  T Zhang, S L Stanley
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  Mutation of the cytotoxin-associated cagA gene does not affect the vacuolating cytotoxin activity of Helicobacter pylori.

  M K Tummuru, T L Cover, M J Blaser
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  Leishmania-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells associated with cure of human cutaneous leishmaniasis.

  A M Da-Cruz, F Conceição-Silva, A L Bertho, S G Coutinho
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  Infection of human endothelial cells by Rickettsia rickettsii causes a significant reduction in the levels of key enzymes involved in protection against oxidative injury.

  P S Devamanoharan, L A Santucci, J E Hong, X Tian, D J Silverman
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  Inhibition of phospholipase D blocks activation of fibrinogen-adherent neutrophils by tumor necrosis factor.

  M O Frank, G W Sullivan, H T Carper, G L Mandell
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  Tick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to inbred strains of mice induces an antibody response to P39 but not to outer surface protein A.

  W T Golde, K J Kappel, G Dequesne, C Feron, D Plainchamp, C Capiau, Y Lobet
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  Lactoferrin is a lipid A-binding protein.

  B J Appelmelk, Y Q An, M Geerts, B G Thijs, H A de Boer, D M MacLaren, J de Graaff, J H Nuijens
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  F17-like fimbriae from an invasive Escherichia coli strain producing cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 2 toxin.

  K el Mazouari, E Oswald, J P Hernalsteens, P Lintermans, H De Greve
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  Diversity of the P2 protein among nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates.

  J Bell, S Grass, D Jeanteur, R S Munson
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  Identification of outer membrane proteins of Bartonella bacilliformis.

  M F Minnick
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  The macrophage-activating tetrapeptide tuftsin induces nitric oxide synthesis and stimulates murine macrophages to kill Leishmania parasites in vitro.

  E Cillari, F Arcoleo, M Dieli, R D'Agostino, G Gromo, F Leoni, S Milano