Published in Clin Infect Dis on May 09, 2007
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Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigen exotoxins. Clin Microbiol Rev (2013) 1.48
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Glycerol monolaurate prevents mucosal SIV transmission. Nature (2009) 5.02
Dolutegravir plus abacavir-lamivudine for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.05
Hospital transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among postpartum women. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 2.90
Purpura fulminans due to Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.27
Characterization of virulence factor regulation by SrrAB, a two-component system in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.91
Characterization and expression analysis of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island 3. Implications for the evolution of staphylococcal pathogenicity islands. J Biol Chem (2002) 1.88
Quorum sensing in Staphylococcus infections. J Clin Invest (2003) 1.79
Repression of the Staphylococcus aureus accessory gene regulator in serum and in vivo. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.73
The innate immune system is activated by stimulation of vaginal epithelial cells with Staphylococcus aureus and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1. Infect Immun (2005) 1.62
Extreme pyrexia and rapid death due to Staphylococcus aureus infection: analysis of 2 cases. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.55
Temperature regulates bacterial protein production: possible role in rosacea. J Am Acad Dermatol (2004) 1.55
Genome diversification in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular evolution of a highly variable chromosomal region encoding the Staphylococcal exotoxin-like family of proteins. Infect Immun (2003) 1.53
Neutralization of staphylococcal enterotoxin B by soluble, high-affinity receptor antagonists. Nat Med (2007) 1.52
Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigen exotoxins. Clin Microbiol Rev (2013) 1.48
Reduction in Staphylococcus aureus growth and exotoxin production and in vaginal interleukin 8 levels due to glycerol monolaurate in tampons. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.48
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome erythroderma is associated with superantigenicity and hypersensitivity. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.47
Beta toxin catalyzes formation of nucleoprotein matrix in staphylococcal biofilms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.44
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome 2000-2006: epidemiology, clinical features, and molecular characteristics. PLoS One (2011) 1.43
Structure and biological activities of beta toxin from Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.43
A novel core genome-encoded superantigen contributes to lethality of community-associated MRSA necrotizing pneumonia. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.37
In vivo induction of virulence and antibiotic resistance transfer in Enterococcus faecalis mediated by the sex pheromone-sensing system of pCF10. Infect Immun (2002) 1.35
Glycerol monolaurate inhibits the effects of Gram-positive select agents on eukaryotic cells. Biochemistry (2006) 1.33
Structures of two streptococcal superantigens bound to TCR beta chains reveal diversity in the architecture of T cell signaling complexes. Structure (2002) 1.31
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Virulence regulation in Staphylococcus aureus: the need for in vivo analysis of virulence factor regulation. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2004) 1.28
Cytolysins augment superantigen penetration of stratified mucosa. J Immunol (2009) 1.27
Characterization of a novel staphylococcal enterotoxin-like superantigen, a member of the group V subfamily of pyrogenic toxins. Biochemistry (2002) 1.23
Superantigens are critical for Staphylococcus aureus Infective endocarditis, sepsis, and acute kidney injury. MBio (2013) 1.19
The use of nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles as a treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii in wound infections. Virulence (2010) 1.18
Staphylococcal superantigens cause lethal pulmonary disease in rabbits. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.18
An amino-terminal domain of Enterococcus faecalis aggregation substance is required for aggregation, bacterial internalization by epithelial cells and binding to lipoteichoic acid. Mol Microbiol (2004) 1.14
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin L. Infect Immun (2003) 1.13
Multiple functional domains of Enterococcus faecalis aggregation substance Asc10 contribute to endocarditis virulence. Infect Immun (2008) 1.12
The staphylococcal respiratory response regulator SrrAB induces ica gene transcription and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin expression, protecting Staphylococcus aureus from neutrophil killing under anaerobic growth conditions. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.10
Proinflammatory exoprotein characterization of toxic shock syndrome Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry (2011) 1.10
Glycerol monolaurate inhibits Candida and Gardnerella vaginalis in vitro and in vivo but not Lactobacillus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.09
ELISA for human serum leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein-1 employing cytochrome c as the capturing ligand. J Immunol Methods (2008) 1.09
Glycerol monolaurate inhibits virulence factor production in Bacillus anthracis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.09
Prevalence of superantigen-secreting bacteria in patients with Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr (2002) 1.09
Comparative proteomic profiling of patients with atopic dermatitis based on history of eczema herpeticum infection and Staphylococcus aureus colonization. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2011) 1.08
Cytolysins, superantigens, and pneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.08
Porcine vagina ex vivo as a model for studying permeability and pathogenesis in mucosa. J Pharm Sci (2008) 1.06
Immunity to Staphylococcus aureus secreted proteins protects rabbits from serious illnesses. Vaccine (2012) 1.04
Long-acting parenteral nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy: interest and attitudes of HIV-infected patients. Nanomedicine (Lond) (2013) 1.03
Use of recombinase-based in vivo expression technology to characterize Enterococcus faecalis gene expression during infection identifies in vivo-expressed antisense RNAs and implicates the protease Eep in pathogenesis. Infect Immun (2011) 1.03
Crystal structure of the streptococcal superantigen SpeI and functional role of a novel loop domain in T cell activation by group V superantigens. J Mol Biol (2007) 1.01
Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus strains for ability to cause infective endocarditis and lethal sepsis in rabbits. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2012) 1.01
Glycerol monolaurate and dodecylglycerol effects on Staphylococcus aureus and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in vitro and in vivo. PLoS One (2009) 1.00
Penetration of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 across porcine vaginal mucosa ex vivo: permeability characteristics, toxin distribution, and tissue damage. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2003) 0.99
In vivo assessment of human vaginal oxygen and carbon dioxide levels during and post menses. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2005) 0.99
Functional analysis of the TCR binding domain of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 predicts further diversity in MHC class II/superantigen/TCR ternary complexes. J Immunol (2003) 0.98
Alpha-toxin promotes Staphylococcus aureus mucosal biofilm formation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2012) 0.97
Staphylococcal superantigens interact with multiple host receptors to cause serious diseases. Immunol Res (2014) 0.95
Molecular analysis of staphylococcal superantigens. Methods Mol Biol (2014) 0.94
The two-component system Bacillus respiratory response A and B (BrrA-BrrB) is a virulence factor regulator in Bacillus anthracis. Biochemistry (2007) 0.94
Characterization of two novel pyrogenic toxin superantigens made by an acute rheumatic fever clone of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with multiple disease outbreaks. Infect Immun (2002) 0.94
Repression of Staphylococcus aureus SrrAB using inducible antisense srrA alters growth and virulence factor transcript levels. Biochemistry (2007) 0.94
A superantigen hypothesis for the pathogenesis of chronic hyperplastic sinusitis with massive nasal polyposis. Am J Rhinol (2004) 0.91
Structural, energetic, and functional analysis of a protein-protein interface at distinct stages of affinity maturation. Structure (2003) 0.91
Functional brain abnormalities during finger-tapping in HIV-infected older adults: a magnetoencephalography study. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol (2013) 0.91
Characterization of a Staphylococcus aureus surface virulence factor that promotes resistance to oxidative killing and infectious endocarditis. Infect Immun (2010) 0.90
A single, engineered protein therapeutic agent neutralizes exotoxins from both Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 0.90
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase: a candidate virulence factor in Streptococcus sanguinis experimental endocarditis. PLoS One (2012) 0.90
Novel toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 amino acids required for biological activity. Biochemistry (2008) 0.89
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling drive the epithelial response to Staphylococcus aureus toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1). J Biol Chem (2012) 0.89
Neutralization of multiple staphylococcal superantigens by a single-chain protein consisting of affinity-matured, variable domain repeats. J Infect Dis (2008) 0.87
Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin modulates skin host response to viral infection. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2012) 0.87
Formation of vegetations during infective endocarditis excludes binding of bacterial-specific host antibodies to Enterococcus faecalis. J Infect Dis (2002) 0.86
Sequence analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus srrAB loci reveals that truncation of srrA affects growth and virulence factor expression. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.86
Antiretroviral medication prescribing errors are common with hospitalization of HIV-infected patients. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 0.85
Staphylococcus aureus isolates encode variant staphylococcal enterotoxin B proteins that are diverse in superantigenicity and lethality. PLoS One (2012) 0.85
AhrC and Eep are biofilm infection-associated virulence factors in Enterococcus faecalis. Infect Immun (2013) 0.85
Streptococcus agalactiae toxic shock-like syndrome: two case reports and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore) (2013) 0.84
Epithelial proinflammatory response and curcumin-mediated protection from staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. PLoS One (2012) 0.83
Decreased MEG beta oscillations in HIV-infected older adults during the resting state. J Neurovirol (2013) 0.83
The zinc-dependent major histocompatibility complex class II binding site of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C is critical for maximal superantigen function and toxic activity. Infect Immun (2003) 0.83
Abnormal MEG oscillatory activity during visual processing in the prefrontal cortices and frontal eye-fields of the aging HIV brain. PLoS One (2013) 0.82
Effects of total body irradiation and cyclosporin a on the lethality of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in a rabbit model of toxic shock syndrome. J Infect Dis (2003) 0.82
Multimodal neuroimaging evidence of alterations in cortical structure and function in HIV-infected older adults. Hum Brain Mapp (2014) 0.82
Staphylococcal superantigens stimulate immortalized human adipocytes to produce chemokines. PLoS One (2013) 0.82
A Case of Staphylococcus aureus Enterocolitis: A Rare Entity. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2010) 0.81
Genetic variation among Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding bacteriophages in Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 30 strains. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.81
Intravitreally injected human immunoglobulin attenuates the effects of Staphylococcus aureus culture supernatant in a rabbit model of toxin-mediated endophthalmitis. Arch Ophthalmol (2004) 0.81
A possible association of recurrent streptococcal infections and acute onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci (2004) 0.81
An early favorable outcome of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome may require a combination of antimicrobial and intravenous gamma globulin therapy together with activated protein C. Scand J Infect Dis (2006) 0.81
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: still a problem. Med J Aust (2005) 0.80
Fusobacterium necrophorum causing infective endocarditis and liver and splenic abscesses. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo (2011) 0.80
Staphylococcal alpha-toxin causes increased tracheal epithelial permeability. Pediatr Pulmonol (2006) 0.80
Pyrogenic, lethal, and emetic properties of superantigens in rabbits and primates. Methods Mol Biol (2003) 0.79
Fungal infections in intestinal and multivisceral transplant recipients. Curr Opin Organ Transplant (2015) 0.79
Toxic shock syndrome in a horse with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2003) 0.78
Staphylococcal enterocolitis: forgotten but not gone? Dig Dis Sci (2009) 0.78
Brucella sp. vertebral osteomyelitis with intercurrent fatal Staphylococcus aureus toxigenic enteritis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). J Vet Diagn Invest (2011) 0.78
Impact of an electronic medical record on the incidence of antiretroviral prescription errors and HIV pharmacist reconciliation on error correction among hospitalized HIV-infected patients. Antivir Ther (2015) 0.76
Expression, purification, and detection of novel streptococcal superantigens. Methods Mol Biol (2003) 0.76
Novel Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Protein Alters Keratinocyte Proliferation and Elicits a Proinflammatory Response In Vitro and In Vivo. Biochemistry (2015) 0.75
Enterococcus faecalis inhibits superantigen toxic shock syndrome toxin-1-induced interleukin-8 from human vaginal epithelial cells through tetramic acids. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
Vaginal toxic shock reaction triggering desquamative inflammatory vaginitis. J Low Genit Tract Dis (2013) 0.75