Expression of Haemophilus ducreyi collagen binding outer membrane protein NcaA is required for virulence in swine and human challenge models of chancroid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2651-2658

  Fulcher, Robert A ^a   Cole, Leah E ^a,d   Janowicz, Diane M ^c   Toffer, Kristen L ^a,e   Fortney, Kate R ^c   Katz, Barry P ^c   Orndorff, Paul E ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^c   Kawula, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRONECTIN; HEPARIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN NCAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; NCAA GENE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SWINE; ULCUS MOLLE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHANCROID; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33646350248     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.5.2651-2658.2006     Document Type: Article

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