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Infection and Immunity

Adherence of slime-producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to smooth surfaces

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Infection and Immunity

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Differential Alteration in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) and TLR4 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Infection and Immunity

Vero response to a cytotoxin of Escherichia coli

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An in vitro model for sequential study of shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through two stages of nonreplicating persistence

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Infection and Immunity

BacteriologyAbrupt TransferDrug ResistanceMedical MicrobiologyBioenergetics +16

The Intercellular Adhesion ( <i>ica</i> ) Locus Is Present in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Is Required for Biofilm Formation

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Infection and Immunity

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Relationships between <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Genetic Background, Virulence Factors, <i>agr</i> Groups (Alleles), and Human Disease

Sophie Jarraud, Christophe Mougel, Jean Thioulouse, +6

Infection and Immunity

Construction of an eae deletion mutant of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by using a positive-selection suicide vector

Michael S. Donnenberg, James B. Kaper

Infection and Immunity

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Purification and partial characterization of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis

Harlan D. Caldwell, J Kromhout, J Schachter

Infection and Immunity

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Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a<i>Salmonella enterica</i>Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host

Manja Barthel, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Leticia Quintanilla-Martı́nez, +6

Infection and Immunity