Predictors of mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

SJ Van Hal, SO Jensen, VL Vaska… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection with an incidence rate
ranging from 20 to 50 cases/100,000 population per year. Between 10% and 30% of these …

Multifactorial nature of human immunodeficiency virus disease: implications for therapy

AS Fauci - Science, 1993 - science.org
The immunopathogenic mechanisms underlying human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
disease are extremely complex; the disease process is multifactorial with multiple …

Bacterial pyrogenic exotoxins as superantigens

M Kotb - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
The recent discovery of the mode of interaction between a group of microbial proteins known
as superantigens and the immune system has opened a wide area of investigation into the …

Vasculitides associated with infections, immunization, and antimicrobial drugs

T Somer, SM Finegold - Clinical infectious diseases, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Many pathogenic microbes can induce a complex series of immunologic, endothelial-cell,
and hemorheological activation cascades and dysfunctions and can cause interactions of …

Pathogenesis of ANCA‐associated systemic vasculitis

L Harper, COS Savage - The Journal of pathology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The aetiology of primary systemic vasculitides remains unknown. Recent advances have
been made in the understanding of relevant mechanisms of inflammation, particularly the …

T cell receptor V beta gene bias in rheumatoid arthritis.

RN Jenkins, A Nikaein, A Zimmermann… - The Journal of …, 1993 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology was employed to examine peripheral blood
and synovial T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for biased utilization of T cell …

The prospects for developing a vaccine against Stapphylococcus aureus

JC Lee - Trends in microbiology, 1996 - Elsevier
Staphyloccus aureus is an important bacterial pathogen with multiple virulence factors. The
prevalence of antibiotic resistance among clinical isolates means that new vaccine …

The Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Superantigen Induces Specific T Cell Receptor Down-regulation by Increasing Its Internalization (∗)

F Niedergang, A Hémar, CRA Hewitt, MJ Owen… - Journal of Biological …, 1995 - ASBMB
Superantigens are able to stimulate T lymphocyte populations expressing T cell antigen
receptors (TCR) belonging to particular Vβ families. Moreover, the presence of these …

T‐cell responses and cytokines

PF Barnes, RL Modlin, JJ Ellner - … , protection, and control, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The immune response to tuberculosis is a double‐edged sword that may contribute to both
clearance of infection and tissue damage. In addition, recent evidence suggests that …

Necrotizing fasciitis.

KS Kotrappa, RS Bansal - American Family Physician, 1996 - search.ebscohost.com
Necrotizing Fasciitis Page 1 American Family Physician Necrotizing Fasciitis KAVITHA S.
KOTRAPPA, MD, RADHEY S. BANSAL, MD, and NAVIN M. AMIN, MD University of California …