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L S Tompkins

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1 The agent of bacillary angiomatosis. An approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens. N Engl J Med 1990 15.92
2 High-voltage electroporation of bacteria: genetic transformation of Campylobacter jejuni with plasmid DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988 6.73
3 Altered states: involvement of phosphorylated CagA in the induction of host cellular growth changes by Helicobacter pylori. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 6.34
4 The problems of drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. The replication of R-factor DNA in Escherichia coli K-12 following conjugation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1971 5.42
5 Infections caused by nondiphtheria corynebacteria. Rev Infect Dis 1983 4.26
6 Molecular strain typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to confirm cross-contamination in the mycobacteriology laboratory and modification of procedures to minimize occurrence of false-positive cultures. J Clin Microbiol 1993 4.05
7 Multiply antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: introduction, transmission, and evolution of nosocomial infection. Ann Intern Med 1982 3.95
8 Interaction of Mycobacterium avium with environmental amoebae enhances virulence. Infect Immun 1997 3.14
9 Growth of Legionella pneumophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii enhances invasion. Infect Immun 1994 3.06
10 Helicobacter pylori attachment to gastric cells induces cytoskeletal rearrangements and tyrosine phosphorylation of host cell proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 2.99
11 Species-specific detection of Legionella pneumophila in water by DNA amplification and hybridization. J Clin Microbiol 1989 2.87
12 Role of flagella in adherence, internalization, and translocation of Campylobacter jejuni in nonpolarized and polarized epithelial cell cultures. Infect Immun 1993 2.63
13 Cloned, random chromosomal sequences as probes to identify Salmonella species. J Infect Dis 1986 2.58
14 An uncultured gastric spiral organism is a newly identified Helicobacter in humans. J Infect Dis 1993 2.53
15 A quantitative model of intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii. Infect Immun 1992 2.44
16 Induction of host signal transduction pathways by Helicobacter pylori. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 2.38
17 Role of clinical microbiology laboratories in the management and control of infectious diseases and the delivery of health care. Clin Infect Dis 2001 2.14
18 Molecular analysis of R-factors from multiresistant nosocomial isolates. J Infect Dis 1980 2.13
19 Infection due to Corynebacterium species in marrow transplant patients. Ann Intern Med 1979 1.94
20 Characterization of Helicobacter pylori urease mutants. Infect Immun 1992 1.93
21 Intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii affects monocyte entry mechanisms and enhances virulence of Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun 1999 1.93
22 Role of the Helicobacter pylori virulence factors vacuolating cytotoxin, CagA, and urease in a mouse model of disease. Infect Immun 1995 1.93
23 Use of agarose gel electrophoresis of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid to fingerprint gram-negative bacilli. J Clin Microbiol 1981 1.90
24 Restriction endonuclease analysis of human and bovine group B streptococci for epidemiologic study. J Clin Microbiol 1989 1.87
25 Legionella pneumophila zinc metalloprotease is structurally and functionally homologous to Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase. J Bacteriol 1990 1.79
26 Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana adherence to and entry into cultured human epithelial cells. Infect Immun 1995 1.65
27 Instability of antibiotic resistance in a strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from an outbreak of prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Infect Dis 1985 1.56
28 Development of a DNA probe for the structural gene of the 2"-O-adenyltransferase aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme. J Infect Dis 1984 1.54
29 Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal disease: pathogenesis and host-parasite interaction. Infect Agents Dis 1992 1.50
30 Effects of an isogenic Zn-metalloprotease-deficient mutant of Legionella pneumophila in a guinea-pig pneumonia model. Mol Microbiol 1994 1.47
31 Molecular analysis of urease genes from a newly identified uncultured species of Helicobacter. Infect Immun 1994 1.44
32 Potable water as a cause of sporadic cases of community-acquired legionnaires' disease. N Engl J Med 1992 1.43
33 A cluster of legionella sternal-wound infections due to postoperative topical exposure to contaminated tap water. N Engl J Med 1991 1.38
34 Analysis of a cloned sequence of Legionella pneumophila encoding a 38 kD metalloprotease possessing haemolytic and cytotoxic activities. Mol Microbiol 1989 1.34
35 Visceral bacillary epithelioid angiomatosis: possible manifestations of disseminated cat scratch disease in the immunocompromised host: a report of two cases. Am J Med 1990 1.33
36 Restriction enzyme and Southern hybridization analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from patients with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Microbiol 1991 1.28
37 Endometrial cultures obtained by a triple-lumen method from afebrile and febrile postpartum women. J Infect Dis 1986 1.20
38 Transformation of Helicobacter pylori by electroporation. Biotechniques 1993 1.18
39 Approaches to the detection of enteric pathogens, including Campylobacter, using nucleic acid hybridization. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1986 1.18
40 Recombinant DNA and other direct specimen identification techniques. Clin Lab Med 1985 1.15
41 Cefamandole-susceptible strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1: implications for diagnosis and utility as an epidemiological marker. J Clin Microbiol 1992 1.14
42 Localization of glucokinase gene expression in the rat brain. Diabetes 2000 1.14
43 Use of selective broth enrichment to determine the prevalence of multiply resistant JK corynebacteria on skin. J Clin Microbiol 1982 1.14
44 Polymicrobial early postpartum endometritis with facultative and anaerobic bacteria, genital mycoplasmas, and Chlamydia trachomatis: treatment with piperacillin or cefoxitin. J Infect Dis 1986 1.13
45 Identification of Legionella pneumophila genes important for infection of amoebas by signature-tagged mutagenesis. Infect Immun 2001 1.13
46 Postoperative Serratia marcescens wound infections traced to an out-of-hospital source. J Infect Dis 1997 1.11
47 Rochalimaea infections. Are they zoonoses? JAMA 1994 1.10
48 Genetic, immunological, and cytotoxic comparisons of Legionella proteolytic activities. Infect Immun 1989 1.07
49 Nosocomial legionellosis: a review of pulmonary and extrapulmonary syndromes. Am J Infect Control 1993 0.95
50 Transformation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and analysis of R factors by electroporation. Am J Vet Res 1989 0.94
51 Infant with two relapses of group B streptococcal sepsis documented by DNA restriction enzyme analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1988 0.92
52 Fecal leukocyte stain has diagnostic value for outpatients but not inpatients. J Clin Microbiol 2001 0.91
53 Effect of o,p'-DDD and similar compounds on thyroxine binding globulin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1968 0.87
54 Construction and characterization of an isogenic urease-negative mutant of Helicobacter mustelae. Infect Immun 1995 0.85
55 Further molecular characterization of the cloned Legionella pneumophila zinc metalloprotease. Infect Immun 1994 0.84
56 Identification and characterization of a Helicobacter pylori hemolysin. Infect Agents Dis 1993 0.80
57 Simultaneous analysis of intracellular pH and Ca2+ from cell populations. Methods Mol Biol 1999 0.77
58 Of cats, humans, and Bartonella. N Engl J Med 1997 0.75
59 Toxic and allergic manifestations of antimicrobials. Postgrad Med 1978 0.75
60 Nucleic acid probes in infectious diseases. Curr Clin Top Infect Dis 1989 0.75
61 Role conflict and role ambiguity among respiratory care managers. Respir Care 1991 0.75