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B L Beaman

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1 Nocardial infections in the United States, 1972-1974. J Infect Dis 1976 4.82
2 The role of oxygen and its derivatives in microbial pathogenesis and host defense. Annu Rev Microbiol 1984 2.52
3 Virulence of Nocardia asteroides during its growth cycle. Infect Immun 1978 2.14
4 Role of superoxide dismutase and catalase as determinants of pathogenicity of Nocardia asteroides: importance in resistance to microbicidal activities of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Infect Immun 1985 2.06
5 Lung response to congenitally athymic (nude), heterozygous, and Swiss Webster mice to aerogenic and intranasal infection by Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1978 1.94
6 Structural and biochemical alterations of Nocardia asteroides cell walls during its growth cycle. J Bacteriol 1975 1.94
7 Effect of cyclophosphamide on experimental Nocardia asteroides infection in mice. Infect Immun 1977 1.91
8 Probable L-forms of Nocardia asteroides induced in cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages. Infect Immun 1974 1.74
9 Cutting edge: protective response to pulmonary injury requires gamma delta T lymphocytes. J Immunol 1999 1.73
10 Interaction of Nocardia asteroides with cultured rabbit alveolar macrophages. Infect Immun 1976 1.65
11 Infectious agents in immunodeficient murine models: pathogenicity of Nocardia asteroides in congenitally athymic (nude) and hereditarily asplenic (Dh/+) mice. Infect Immun 1978 1.62
12 An ultrastructural analysis of Nocardia during experimental infections in mice. Infect Immun 1973 1.60
13 Purification and properties of a unique superoxide dismutase from Nocardia asteroides. J Biol Chem 1983 1.58
14 Interaction of Nocardia asteroides at different phases of growth with in vitro-maintained macrophages obtained from the lungs of normal and immunized rabbits. Infect Immun 1979 1.55
15 Interaction of Nocardia asteroides with rabbit alveolar macrophages: association of virulence, viability, ultrastructural damage, and phagosome-lysosome fusion. Infect Immun 1980 1.55
16 Effects of human neutrophils and monocytes on Nocardia asteroides: failure of killing despite occurrence of the oxidative metabolic burst. J Infect Dis 1980 1.53
17 Bacterial clearance and survival are dependent on CXC chemokine receptor-2 ligands in a murine model of pulmonary Nocardia asteroides infection. J Immunol 2000 1.48
18 L-dopa-responsive movement disorder caused by Nocardia asteroides localized in the brains of mice. Infect Immun 1991 1.47
19 Monoclonal antibodies demonstrate that superoxide dismutase contributes to protection of Nocardia asteroides within the intact host. Infect Immun 1990 1.43
20 Laboratory evaluation of an outbreak of nocardiosis in immunocompromised hosts. Am J Med 1981 1.40
21 Amino acids of the cell wall of Nocardia rubra. J Bacteriol 1971 1.35
22 Ultrastructure of Nocardia cell growth and development on defined and complex agar media. J Bacteriol 1969 1.34
23 Effect of route on inoculation on host resistance to Nocardia. Infect Immun 1980 1.32
24 Interaction of alveolar macrophages with Nocardia asteroides: immunological enhancement of phagocytosis, phagosome-lysosome fusion, and microbicidal activity. Infect Immun 1980 1.31
25 Acidification of phagosomes in murine macrophages: blockage by Nocardia asteroides. J Infect Dis 1986 1.29
26 Cord factor (alpha,alpha-trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate) inhibits fusion between phospholipid vesicles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991 1.28
27 Effects of activated macrophages on Nacardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1980 1.24
28 In vitro response of rabbit alveolar macrophages to infection with Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1977 1.18
29 Immunobiology of germfree mice infected with Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1980 1.18
30 Effect of virulent and less virulent strains of Nocardia asteroides on acid-phosphatase activity in alveolar and peritoneal macrophages maintained in vitro. J Infect Dis 1983 1.17
31 Response of CBA/N x DBA2/F1 mice to Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1982 1.11
32 Role of L-forms of Nocardia caviae in the development of chronic mycetomas in normal and immunodeficient murine models. Infect Immun 1981 1.11
33 Sarcoidosis: analysis of cells obtained by bronchial lavage. Am Rev Respir Dis 1977 1.10
34 Adherence of Nocardia asteroides within the murine brain. Infect Immun 1992 1.08
35 Cell wall modification resulting from in vitro induction of L-phase variants of Nocardia asteroides. J Bacteriol 1981 1.08
36 Intracellular acid phosphatase content and ability of different macrophage populations to kill Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1985 1.06
37 Adoptive transfer of immunity to Nocardia asteroides in nude mice. Infect Immun 1982 1.04
38 Interaction of Nocardia asteroides with rabbit alveolar macrophages: effect of growth phase and viability on phagosome-lysosome fusion. Infect Immun 1980 1.00
39 Interaction of cord factor (alpha, alpha'-trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate) with phospholipids. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994 1.00
40 Chemical characterization of organisms isolated from leprosy patients. J Bacteriol 1974 0.99
41 Increase of gammadelta T lymphocytes in murine lungs occurs during recovery from pulmonary infection by Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 2001 0.97
42 In vitro spheroplast and L-form induction within the pathogenic nocardiae. J Bacteriol 1976 0.97
43 Pathogenic and virulence characterization of colonial mutants of Nocardia asteroides GUH-2. Can J Microbiol 1983 0.96
44 Variations in properties of Nocardia asteroides resulting from growth in the cell wall-deficient state. J Clin Microbiol 1981 0.95
45 Differences in the interactions of Nocardia asteroides with macrophage, endothelial, and astrocytoma cell lines. Infect Immun 1994 0.92
46 Nocardia crassostreae sp. nov., the causal agent of nocardiosis in Pacific oysters. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 0.92
47 Nocardia species as an etiologic agent in Parkinson's disease: serological testing in a case-control study. J Clin Microbiol 1995 0.92
48 The ultrastructure of bronchial macrophages and lymphocytes in sarcoidosis. Hum Pathol 1979 0.91
49 Site-specific growth of Nocardia asteroides in the murine brain. Infect Immun 1992 0.90
50 Formation of multiple central bodies in giant cysts of Azotobacter vinelandii. J Bacteriol 1968 0.89
51 Intraepithelial gamma delta T lymphocytes: sentinel cells at mucosal barriers. Springer Semin Immunopathol 2000 0.89
52 Acid phosphatase stimulation of the growth of Nocardia asteroides and its possible relationship to the modification of lysosomal enzymes in macrophages. Infect Immun 1988 0.88
53 Modulation of lysosomal protease-esterase and lysozyme in Kupffer cells and peritoneal macrophages infected with Nocardia asteroides. Infect Immun 1986 0.88
54 Neuroinvasive Nocardia asteroides GUH-2 induces apoptosis in the substantia nigra in vivo and dopaminergic cells in vitro. Exp Neurol 2002 0.88
55 Development of a serologic panel for the recognition of nocardial infections in a murine model. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1993 0.87
56 Nocardia asteroides recovery from a dog with steroid- and antibiotic-unresponsive idiopathic polyarthritis. J Clin Microbiol 1983 0.87
57 Nocardia in naturally acquired and experimental infections in animals. J Hyg (Lond) 1983 0.86
58 Occurrence of plasmids in pathogenic strains of Nocardia. J Med Microbiol 1996 0.86
59 Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (GAM-5) induces parkinsonian-like alterations in mouse. Braz J Med Biol Res 2004 0.86
60 Interactions of Nocardia asteroides with murine glia cells in culture. Infect Immun 1993 0.85
61 Isolation, sequencing and expression of the superoxide dismutase-encoding gene (sod) of Nocardia asteroides strain GUH-2. Gene 1995 0.84
62 Immunologically specific direct T lymphocyte-mediated killing of Nocardia asteroides. J Immunol 1983 0.84
63 Characterization of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid from Nocardia asteroides GUH-2. J Bacteriol 1987 0.83
64 Induction of L-phase variants of Nocardia caviae within intact murine lungs. Infect Immun 1980 0.82
65 Interaction of Nocardia asteroides in BALB/c mice: modulation of macrophage function, enzyme activity and the induction of immunologically specific T-cell bactericidal activity. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1985 0.81
66 Subcutaneous abscesses and arthritis caused by a probable bacterial L-form in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1989 0.79
67 Recovery of microorganisms from synovial and pleural fluids of animals using hyperosmolar media. Vet Microbiol 1982 0.78
68 Pyridine extraction of nocardial acid fastness. Appl Microbiol 1973 0.78
69 Infectious agents in immunodeficient murine models: pathogenicity of Actinomyces israelii serotype I in congenitally athymic (nude) mice. Infect Immun 1979 0.78
70 Composition and toxicity of diethyl ether soluble lipids from Nocardia asteroides GUH-2 and Nocardia asteroides 10905. Chem Phys Lipids 1993 0.77
71 Monoamine changes in the brain of BALB/c mice following sub-lethal infection with Nocardia asteroides (GUH-2). Neurochem Res 2000 0.77
72 Molecular weight determination of methyl esters of mycolic acids using thermospray mass spectrometry. Chem Phys Lipids 1992 0.75
73 Ultrastructural analysis of the effect of netropsin on sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. Can J Microbiol 1980 0.75
74 Thermospray mass spectral analyses of corynomycolic acids and their derivatives. Chem Phys Lipids 1996 0.75