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H. pylori virulence factors [PDF]

British Medical Bulletin, 1998
Among people infected with Helicobacter pylori, the virulence of the infecting strain is a major determinant of who develops disease. Strains producing vacuolating cytotoxin activity are more commonly isolated from people with peptic ulcers than without.
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Candida albicans pathogenicity mechanisms [PDF]

, 2013
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Alonso-Monge R, Braun BR, Csank C, De Bernardis F, Diez-Orejas R, Fonzi WA, Hube B, Hwang CS, Mühlschlegel FA, Sorger PK, Wysong DR   +10 more
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Exploring the metabolic network of the epidemic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 via genome-scale reconstruction [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Burkholderia cenocepacia is a threatening nosocomial epidemic pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) or a compromised immune system. Its high level of antibiotic resistance is an increasing concern in treatments against its infection.
Fang, K., Zhao, H., Changyue Sun, Lam, M.C., Chang, S., Zhang, K., Panda, G., Godinho, M., Martins Dos Santos, V.A.P., Wang, J.   +9 more
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Comparison of the antimicrobial and antivirulence activities of Sidr and Tualang honeys with Manuka honey against Staphylococcus aureus

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2023
Background and Objectives: Honey is one of the oldest traditional remedies that has been widely utilized to cure a variety of human ailments. The objective of this research was to test and compare the antibacterial activity of Sidr honey (SH) and ...
Mohammad A. Al-Kafaween, Rania M. Al-Groom, Abu Bakar Mohd Hilmi   +2 more
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In-Vivo Expression Profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Reveals Niche-Specific and Strain-Independent Transcriptional Programs [PDF]

, 2011
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a threatening, opportunistic pathogen causing disease in immunocompromised individuals. The hallmark of P. aeruginosa virulence is its multi-factorial and combinatorial nature.
Bielecki, Piotr, Puchałka, Jacek, Wos-Oxley, Melissa L, Loessner, Holger, Glik, Justyna, Kawecki, Marek, Nowak, Mariusz, Tümmler, Burkhard, Weiss, Siegfried, dos Santos, Vítor A P Martins   +9 more
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Differential Virulence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Serotypes Explained by Exoproteome Heterogeneity

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen associated with periodontitis and nonoral diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer´s disease. Aa isolates with the serotypes a, b, and c are globally most prevalent.
Yanyan Fu, Sandra Maaβ, Francis M. Cavallo, Anne de Jong, Erwin Raangs, Johanna Westra, Girbe Buist, Dörte Becher, Jan Maarten van Dijl   +8 more
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Inactivation of the major hemolysin gene influences expression of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene swrA in the insect pathogen Serratia sp. strain SCBI [PDF]

, 2017
Hemolysins are important virulence factors for many bacterial pathogens, including Serratia marcescens. The role of the major hemolysin gene in the insect pathogen Serratia sp.
Bode, Helge, LaCourse, Kaitlyn, Petersen, Lauren M., Schoner, Tim A., Tisa, Louis S.   +4 more
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Phylogeny, Resistome, and Virulome of Escherichia coli Causing Biliary Tract Infections [PDF]

, 2019
Escherichia coli is the most frequent Gram-negative bacilli involved in intra-abdominal infections. However, despite high mortality rates associated with biliary tract infections due to E. coli, there is no study focusing on this pathogen. In this study,
Aznar Martín, Javier, Bonnin, Rémy A., Lepe, José A., Naas, Thierry, Ortiz de la Rosa, José Manuel, Pachón, Jerónimo, Rodríguez-Villodres, Ángel, Smani, Younes, Álvarez-Marín, Rocío   +8 more
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A review of Salmonella enterica with particular focus on the pathogenicity and virulence factors, host specificity and antimicrobial resistance including multidrug resistance

Veterinary World, 2019
Salmonella genus represents the most common foodborne pathogens frequently isolated from food-producing animals that is responsible for zoonotic infections in humans and animal species including birds.
S. M. Jajere
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Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of Extracellular Products Reveal Major Virulence Factors Likely Accounting for Differences in Pathogenicity to Bivalves between Vibrio mediterranei Strains

Animals
Vibrio mediterranei, a bacterial pathogen of bivalves, has exhibited strain-dependent virulence. The mechanisms behind the variations in bivalve pathogenicity between V. mediterranei strains have remained unclear.
Congling Fan, Wenfang Dai, Haiyan Zhang, Sheng Liu, Zhihua Lin, Qinggang Xue   +5 more
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