Colony morphology variation of Burkholderia pseudomallei is associated with antigenic variation and O-polysaccharide modification.

abstract：:Macrophages can undergo apoptosis after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This macrophage response deprives the bacillus of its niche cell and supports the host response through better antigen presentation. The intracellular pathways of apoptosis that elaborate this macrophage response are not well understood...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Sullivan MP,O'Leary S,Kelly DM,Keane J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, dmcA, expressing a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola has been characterized. The gene was initially identified as an open reading frame immediately upstream from the previously characterized prtB protease gene of strain ATCC 35405. Nucleotide sequencing of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kataoka M,Li H,Arakawa S,Kuramitsu H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus strains are more virulent than unencapsulated staphylococci, and this phenomenon has been associated with decreased opsonization of encapsulated bacteria by normal human serum. Peptidoglycan, a major cell wall component of S. aureus, has been shown to promote opsonization of this bac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wilkinson BJ,Sisson SP,Kim Y,Peterson PK

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing Streptococcus gordonii Spp+ phase variants, which have normal levels of glucosyltransferase (GTF) activity, use sucrose to promote their accumulation on surfaces by forming a cohesive bacterium-insoluble glucan polymer mass (BPM). Spp- phase variants, which have lower levels of GTF activity, do not form BPMs a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vickerman MM,Jones GW

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with sickle cell anemia are subject to serious infections caused by a number of bacteria, including Salmonella species and Staphylococcus aureus. It has been suggested that in sickle cell anemia, extensive erythrophagocytosis by macrophages may interfere with their antibacterial function and thereby predis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hand WL,King-Thompson NL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia rickettsii infection of endothelial cells is manifested in very distinctive changes in cell morphology, consisting of extensive dilatation of the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and outer nuclear envelope and blebbing of the plasma membrane, as seen by transmission electron microscopy (D. J. Silverma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eremeeva ME,Silverman DJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages encode several Toll-like receptors (TLRs) that recognize bacterial components, such as lipoproteins (TLR2) or lipopolysaccharides (TLR4), and activate multiple signaling pathways. Activation of transcription factor NF-kappaB by TLR2 or TLR4 signaling promotes proinflammatory and cell survival responses. Al...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Bliska JB

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG)- and IgM-specific antibody titers against Salmonella typhi Ty2 porins have been measured in 30 paired typhoid sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These studies have found that IgG serum titers of acute and convalescent sera were 625 and 5,000 times higher, respectively than the control se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Calderón I,Lobos SR,Rojas HA,Palomino C,Rodríguez LH,Mora GC

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque samples were obtained from tooth surfaces exhibiting typical lesions of root surface caries and were immediately cultured by a continuous anaerobic procedure. The bacterial composition of root caries flora was determined on individual samples. Representative isolates from each specimen were characterized by mor...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Syed SA,Loesche WJ,Pape HL Jr,grenier E

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This longitudinal prospective study shows that antibodies to the N-terminal block 2 region of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) are associated with protection against clinical malaria in an area of stable but seasonal malaria transmission of Ghana. Antibodies to the block 2 region of MSP-1 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cavanagh DR,Dodoo D,Hviid L,Kurtzhals JA,Theander TG,Akanmori BD,Polley S,Conway DJ,Koram K,McBride JS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonimmune binding of immunoglobulin to whole bacteria was quantitated for North American isolates of Haemophilus somnus recovered from cattle with pneumonia, reproductive failure (abortion), or thromboembolic meningoencephalitis or from the vagina or prepuce of carrier cattle. Quantitative binding activity covered a w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Widders PR,Dorrance LA,Yarnall M,Corbeil LB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoprecipitation method has been devised which permits the direct identification of those proteins which are both exposed on the cell surface of Haemophilus influenzae type b and accessible to antibody. Both extrinsically and intrinsically radiolabeled cells of this organism were employed as the sources of a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen EJ,Frisch CF,Johnston KH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli F-18 is a human fecal isolate that makes type 1 fimbriae, encoded by the fim gene cluster, and is an excellent colonizer of the streptomycin-treated mouse intestine. E. coli F-18 fimA::tet, lacking type 1 fimbriae, was constructed by bacteriophage P1 transduction of the fim region of the E. coli K-12 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sweeney NJ,Klemm P,McCormick BA,Moller-Nielsen E,Utley M,Schembri MA,Laux DC,Cohen PS

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infections play a significant role in the morbidity and mortality of patients with chronic airflow limitation. By stimulating airway inflammation, persistent infection has the potential to cause airway fibrosis. However, in patient this condition is most typically found in lungs damaged by other factors, such ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McIntosh JC,Simecka JW,Ross SE,Davis JK,Miller EJ,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium associated with active chronic periodontitis lesions, produces several proteolytic enzymes that are thought to be involved in host colonization, perturbation of the immune system, and tissue destruction. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of Arg- and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grenier D,Imbeault S,Plamondon P,Grenier G,Nakayama K,Mayrand D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were compared by PCR with isolates from patients with community-acquired cystitis for the presence of established virulence determinants. The strains from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were less likely to carry genes for P-family, S-family,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham JC,Leathart JB,Keegan SJ,Pearson J,Bint A,Gally DL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protection and immune response to infection caused by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni were studied by comparison of two murine irradiated-vaccine models. Mice were exposed from 1 to 4 times to infective-stage cercariae attenuated with either a moderate dose (15 kilorads) or a high dose (50 kilorads) of radiation....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynolds SR,Harn DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity plays an important role in immunity to the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. However, the antigen specificity of the T-cell response to C. neoformans remains largely unknown. In this study, we used two approaches to determine the antigen specificity of the T-cell response to C. neoforma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Ballinger MN,McDonald RA,Toews GB,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis isolates of Enterococcus faecalis produced biofilm significantly more often than nonendocarditis isolates, and 39% of 79 versus 6% of 84 isolates produced strong biofilm (P < 0.0001). esp was not required, but its presence was associated with higher amounts of biofilm (P < 0.001). Mutants disrupted in dlt...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mohamed JA,Huang W,Nallapareddy SR,Teng F,Murray BE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from three human and four monkey isolates of Campylobacter jejuni was extracted in high yields that revealed ladder-like structures in polyacrylamide gels by direct silver staining. These observations demonstrate that C. jejuni possesses LPS with O-chain repeating units typical of the family E...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blake DC Jr,Russell RG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a prominent human pathogen and a leading cause of community- and hospital-acquired bacterial infections worldwide. Herein, we describe the identification and characterization of the S. aureus 67.6-kDa hypothetical protein, named for the surface factor promoting resistance to oxidative killing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Malachowa N,Kohler PL,Schlievert PM,Chuang ON,Dunny GM,Kobayashi SD,Miedzobrodzki J,Bohach GA,Seo KS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K99 prepared by acid precipitation hemagglutinated guinea pig erythrocytes, whereas K99 prepared by chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex did not. K99 purified by either procedure hemagglutinated horse erythrocytes. K99 prepared by acid precipitation contained a second antigen not presnet in the K99 prepared by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Isaacson RE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping vectors containing antibiotic resistance markers inserted adjacent to or within different cloned genes from Streptococcus mutans were used to determine the relative positions of these genes on the chromosome. The gtfA, ftf, and scrB genes were inserted into streptococcal mapping vector pVA891 adjacent to an Em...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perry D,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports from our laboratory have shown that 7 days after infection of C3HeB/FeJ mice with an attenuated strain of Salmonella typhimurium, there is profound suppression of responses to B- and T-cell mitogens and suppression of the capacity of spleen cells to mount a primary, in vitro plaque-forming-cell (PFC) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang D,Schwacha MG,Eisenstein TK

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of CD4+ cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in the resolution of established Cryptosporidium parvum infection was investigated with a murine model of cryptosporidiosis in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. C. parvum-infected SCID mice were reconstituted with spleen cells from immunocompeten...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen W,Harp JA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis can activate inflammatory responses through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and may cause renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). We have previously demonstrated that Leptospira santorosai serovar Shermani detergent extract stimulates ECM accumulation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tian YC,Hung CC,Li YJ,Chen YC,Chang MY,Yen TH,Hsu HH,Wu MS,Phillips A,Yang CW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2.9-kilobase pair locus in Neisseria meningitidis was identified as containing transcriptionally linked open reading frames encoding TolC- and HlyD-like proteins. Although the meningococcal TolC protein was required for extracellular production of the repeats-in-toxin (RTX) FrpC toxin, it could not functionally repl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kamal N,Rouquette-Loughlin C,Shafer WM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposon mutagenesis was used to analyze Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytadherence. Mycoplasmas were electroporated with Tn4001, and transformants were identified by antibiotic selection using gentamicin. The resulting colonies were screened for hemadsorption (HA) as an indicator for cytadherence. Six HA- colonies from ind...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hedreyda CT,Krause DC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant enterotoxin gene, referred to as sezA+, has been identified. Staphylococcus aureus FRI1106, a staphylococcal enterotoxin type D producer (Sed+), contained HindIII fragments of 3.8 and 9.4 kilobase pairs (kbp) that hybridized in Southern blot analysis to a probe containing only staphylococcal enterotoxin type...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soltis MT,Mekalanos JJ,Betley MJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 202 captive hares studied, many of which had lesions on their external genital organs or testicular atrophy or both, 27% had positive serological tests for syphilis although dark-field examination of extracts of atrophic testes was negative. A total of 12 hares that were nonreactive for the serological test for syp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Horvath I,Kemenes F,Molnar L,Szeky A,Racz I

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00