Cell surface hydrophobicity of pigmented and nonpigmented clinical Serratia marcescens strains.

abstract：:Four strains of Staphylococcus aureus of a phage type other than the second group, isolated from patients with impetigo and Ritter's disease, were found to produce an exotoxin similar to those reported by Melish et al. (1972), Kapral and Miller (1971), and Arbuthnott et al. (1973). This toxin could elicit a general ex...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kondo I,Sakurai S,Sarai Y

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci of M protein type 5 have been epidemiologically related to acute rheumatic fever in a number of reported outbreaks. Preliminary bacteriological evidence suggests that M5 may be an important "rheumatogenic" type in Santiago, Chile. To assess further the relationship of this streptococcal serotype t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bisno AL,Berrios X,Quesney F,Monroe DM Jr,Dale JB,Beachey EH

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were infected with Chlamydia trachomatis (L2/434) and at various intervals after infection their lymphoid cells were tested directly for cytotoxic activity against Chlamydia-infected L929 cells. In a modified cell-mediated lympholysis assay, splenic, lymph node, and peritoneal exudate cells did not significantly ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavia CS,Schachter J

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of bacteria in natural environments can often be explained in terms of competition for a growth-limiting substrate(s), and the outcome of such competition depends upon relevant growth parameters such as substrate affinity and yield. Dental plaque bacteria are frequently carbon and energy limited. Growt...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogers AH,de Jong MH,Zilm PS,van der Hoeven JS

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive protection, the administration of antibodies to prevent infection, has garnered significant interest in recent years as a potential prophylactic countermeasure to decrease the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections. Pili, polymerized protein structures covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan wall of many ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pinkston KL,Singh KV,Gao P,Wilganowski N,Robinson H,Ghosh S,Azhdarinia A,Sevick-Muraca EM,Murray BE,Harvey BR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice were vaccinated by the intramuscular (i.m.) and subcutaneous (s.c.) routes with a native preparation of the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis (MoPn) major outer membrane protein (MOMP), using Montanide ISA 720 and CpG-1826 as adjuvants. A negative control group was immunized with ovalbumin and the tw...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled previous trial, the efficacy of Vi-rEPA for typhoid fever in 2- to 5-year-olds was 89.0% for 46 months. Vi-rEPA contained 25 microg of Vi and induced a greater-than-eightfold rise in immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-Vi in all of the vaccinees tested. In this investigati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Canh DG,Lin FY,Thiem VD,Trach DD,Trong ND,Mao ND,Hunt S,Schneerson R,Robbins JB,Chu C,Shiloach J,Bryla DA,Bonnet MC,Schulz D,Szu SC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen clinical isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis were evaluated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with transfer to nitrocellulose and by immunoblots probed with human sera. All T. vaginalis isolates showed similar banding patterns by Coomassie brilliant blue and silver staining of the elec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garber GE,Proctor EM,Bowie WR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indigenous microbial flora of the middle ear cavity of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, was isolated, characterized, and identified, showing it to be sparse and transitory. Organisms, when found in the middle ear cavity, were most likely to be Staphylococcus epidermidis-like organisms. Cerumen from the ex...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson TA,Gardner D,Fulghum RS,Daniel HJ,Allen WE,Worthington JM,Williams PP

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent stimulus of cells, yet a target protein for LPS has not been defined. We used two approaches to define LPS-binding sites on cell surfaces: one assay measured binding of LPS-coated erythrocytes (ELPS) to cultured human cells, and a second measured binding of a radiolabeled...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Golenbock DT,Hampton RY,Raetz CR,Wright SD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing fever (RF) is a spirochetal infection characterized by relapses of a febrile illness and spirochetemia due to the sequential appearance and disappearance of isogenic serotypes in the blood. The only difference between isogenic serotypes is the variable major outer membrane lipoprotein. In the absence of spec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sethi N,Sondey M,Bai Y,Kim KS,Cadavid D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of intracellular pathogens to sense and adapt to the hostile environment of the host is an important factor governing virulence. We have sequenced the operon encoding the major heat shock proteins GroES and GroEL in the gram-positive food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. The operon has a conserved or...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gahan CG,O'Mahony J,Hill C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains have been associated with sporadic cases and outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis and with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Since adherence of enteric pathogens to epithelial surfaces is often a prerequisite for the subsequent delivery of bacterial enterotox...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sherman P,Soni R,Karmali M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria infection treatment vaccine (ITV) is a promising strategy to induce homologous and heterologous protective immunity against the blood stage of the parasite. However, the underlying mechanism of protection remains largely unknown. Here, we found that a malaria-specific antibody (Ab) could mediate the protective...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu T,Lu X,Zhao C,Fu X,Zhao T,Xu W

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gram-negative gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is equipped with an extraordinarily large set of outer membrane proteins (OMPs), whose role in the infection process is not well understood. The Hop (Helicobacter outer membrane porins) and Hor (Hop-related proteins) groups constitute a large paralogous family con...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Odenbreit S,Swoboda K,Barwig I,Ruhl S,Borén T,Koletzko S,Haas R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced by immunizing mice with a disrupted yeast cell homogenate of Histoplasma capsulatum. MAbs 1 and 2 reacted only with the yeast cell antigens of H. capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis, whereas MAbs 3 and 4 showed broader cross-reactivity. MAb 3 cross-reacted with B. de...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kamel SM,Wheat LJ,Garten ML,Bartlett MS,Tansey MR,Tewari RP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle are an important reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 strains, foodborne pathogens that cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. EHEC O157:H7 strains are not pathogenic in calves >3 weeks old. Our objective was to determine if EHEC O157:H...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dean-Nystrom EA,Bosworth BT,Cray WC Jr,Moon HW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Corynebacterium diphtheriae hmuO gene encodes a heme oxygenase that is involved in the utilization of heme as an iron source. Transcription of hmuO is activated by heme or hemoglobin and repressed by iron and DtxR. Previous studies with Escherichia coli showed that heme-dependent transcriptional activation of an h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bibb LA,King ND,Kunkle CA,Schmitt MP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen attachment to host cells is a key process during infection, and inhibition of pathogen adhesion is a promising approach to the prevention of infectious disease. We have previously shown that multivalent adhesion molecules (MAMs) are abundant in both pathogenic and commensal bacterial species, mediate early at...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Al-Saedi F,Stones DH,Vaz DP,Krachler AM

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of traveler's diarrhea as well as of endemic diarrhea and stunting in children in developing areas. However, a small-mammal model has been badly needed to better understand and assess mechanisms, vaccines, and interventions. We report a murine model of ETEC diar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bolick DT,Medeiros PHQS,Ledwaba SE,Lima AAM,Nataro JP,Barry EM,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An established cell line (Vero) defective in interferon production was used to evaluate the role of interferon in chronic rubella virus infections of cell cultures. Inoculation of Vero cells with a low multiplicity of virus resulted in the development of carrier cultures which had the characteristics of a regulated in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mifune K,Desmyter J,Rawls WE

更新日期：1970-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans infected with the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis develop strong T-lymphocyte responses to WI-1, an immunodominant antigen that has been shown to elicit protective immunity in mice. In the present study, the T-cell epitopes of WI-1 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricting elements that display th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang WL,Audet RG,Aizenstein BD,Hogan LH,DeMars RI,Klein BS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reinfection of immune mice with Leishmania major elicits a secondary gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) response to which specific CD8+ T cells are essential. We have shown previously that specific CD8+ T cells from reinfected immune mice release substantially higher levels of IFN-gamma, a cytokine essential for the efficie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Müller I,Kropf P,Louis JA,Milon G

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct monoclonal antibodies, one to pertussis toxin subunit S2, called 9G8, and another to subunits S2 and S3, called 11E6, were generated from the hybridomas of myeloma SP2/0 and spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized mainly with the subunit S234 complex. Binding ability of 9G8 and 11E6 to the subunits was conf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato H,Sato Y,Ito A,Ohishi I

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs of conventional rats with chronic pneumonia contained Streptobacillus moniliformis and Mycoplasma pulmonis. These organisms singly and in combination failed to produce lung disease when inoculated into specific pathogen-free rats. On the other hand, diseased lung homogenate not containing cultivable organism...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gay FW,Maguire ME,Baskerville A

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus or GBS) is a common colonizer of the gastrointestinal and genital tracts and an important cause of invasive infections in newborn infants and in adults with predisposing chronic conditions or advanced age. Attachment to epithelial surfaces at mucosal sites is a critical ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Park SE,Jiang S,Wessels MR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The guinea pig migration inhibition technique, an accepted in vitro correlate of delayed hypersensitivity, has been adapted to a murine system. Peritoneal exudate cells from CF-1 mice vaccinated with viable cells of the H37Ra strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were inhibited in vitro by purified protein derivative (...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Neiburger RG,Youmans GP

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against colibacillosis in neonatal piglets was obtained by immunization of pregnant dams with procholeragenoid. Procholeragenoid is a stable high-molecular-weight aggregate of cholera toxin formed during the heating of cholera toxin. Procholeragenoid retained approximately 1% of the toxicity of native toxin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fürer E,Cryz SJ Jr,Dorner F,Nicolet J,Wanner M,Germanier R

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell wall proteins with sialidase activity are involved in carbohydrate assimilation, adhesion to mucosal surfaces, and biofilm formation. Gardnerella spp. inhabit the human vaginal microbiome and encode up to three sialidase enzymes, two of which are suspected to be cell wall associated. Here we demonstrate that the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kurukulasuriya SP,Patterson MH,Hill JE

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi-induced arthritis in mice is characterized by tendonitis, synovitis, and inflammatory-cell infiltrate, predominantly of neutrophils. Because genetic deficiency in E and P selectins results in delayed recruitment of neutrophils to sites of inflammation, mice with this deficiency were tested for the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Seiler KP,Ma Y,Weis JH,Frenette PS,Hynes RO,Wagner DD,Weis JJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00