Diagnosis of bloodstream infections in immunocompromised patients by real-time PCR

S Varani, M Stanzani, M Paolucci, F Melchionda… - Journal of Infection, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The diagnosis of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in immunocompromised
patients, such as patients with cancer, is challenging. Although blood culture (BC) is …

Cross-reactivity between microbial and tumor antigens

L Zitvogel, G Kroemer - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•The intestinal microflora influences cancer immunosurveillance.•The gut
microbiota affects the general immune tonus by adjuvant signals.•Specific antimicrobial T …

Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia revisited: clinical and microbiological correlates in a contemporary series of 59 patients

M Fernández-Ruiz, J Villar-Silva, J Llenas-García… - Journal of Infection, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To characterise the clinical features, associations and outcome in a
contemporary series of patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia (SBB). METHODS …

Cancer-related serological recognition of human colon cancer: identification of potential diagnostic and immunotherapeutic targets

MJ Scanlan, S Welt, CM Gordon, YT Chen, AO Gure… - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Monitoring human antibody recognition of tumor antigens could have potential diagnostic
and prognosticsignificance. Serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression libraries …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-Absorbed Immunoproteomics: A Novel Method for the Detection of Streptococcus suis Surface Proteins

W Zhang, G Liu, F Tang, J Shao, Y Lu, Y Bao, H Yao… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is a zoonotic pathogen that can cause infections in pigs
and humans. Bacterial surface proteins are often investigated as potential vaccine …

Adherence characteristics of endocarditis-derived Streptococcus gallolyticus ssp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis biotype I) isolates to host extracellular matrix …

J Sillanpää, SR Nallapareddy, KV Singh… - FEMS microbiology …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Members of the Streptococcus bovis group are frequent colonizers of the intestinal tract,
which can also cause endocarditis. However, their ability to adhere to and colonize host …

Microbiota organization is a distinct feature of proximal colorectal cancers

CM Dejea, EC Wick… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental factors clearly affect colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence, but the mechanisms
through which these factors function are unknown. One prime candidate is an altered …

Identification of tumor antigens that elicit a humoral immune response in the sera of Chinese esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients by modified serological …

H Gao, Z Zheng, Y Mao, W Wang, Y Qiao, L Zhou, F Liu… - Cancer Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Our aim was to identify novel tumor-associated antigens from the esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma (ESCC) cell line EC0156, and related autoantibodies in sera from patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Colorectal cancer: the facts in the case of the microbiota

SL Clay, D Fonseca-Pereira… - The Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The importance of the microbiota in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) is
increasingly evident, but identifying specific microbial features that influence CRC initiation …