The presence of infectious extracellular Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida in murine plasma after pulmonary challenge

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Yu, J J ^a   Raulie, E K ^a   Murthy, A K ^a   Guentzel, M N ^a   Klose, K E ^a   Arulanandam, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TULAREMIA;

EID: 43449125594     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0434-x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Tarnvik A (1989) Nature of protective immunity to Francisella tularensis. Rev Infect Dis 11:440-451
2. Dennis DT, Inglesby TV, Henderson DA et al (2001) Tularemia as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. JAMA 285:2763-2773
3. Titball RW, Johansson A, Forsman M (2003) Will the enigma of Francisella tularensis virulence soon be solved? Trends Microbiol 11:118-123
4. Elkins KL, Cowley SC, Bosio CM (2003) Innate and adaptive immune responses to an intracellular bacterium, Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain. Microbes Infect 5:135-142
5. Lauriano CM, Barker JR, Yoon SS, Nano FE, Arulanandam BP, Hassett DJ, Klose KE (2004) MglA regulates transcription of virulence factors necessary for Francisella tularensis intraamoebae and intramacrophage survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:4246-4249
6. Pammit MA, Raulie EK, Lauriano CM, Klose KE, Arulanandam BP (2006) Intranasal vaccination with a defined attenuated Francisella novicida strain induces gamma interferon-dependent antibody-mediated protection against tularemia. Infect Immun 74:2063-2071
7. Provenza MJ, Klotz SA, Penn RL (1986) Isolation of Francisella tularensis from blood. J Clin Microbiol 24:453-455
8. Long GW, Oprandy JJ, Narayanan RB, Fortier AH, Porter KR, Nacy CA (1993) Detection of Francisella tularensis in blood by polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol 31:152-154
9. Forestal CA, Malik M, Catlett SV, Savitt AG, Benach JL, Sellati TJ, Furie MB (2007) Francisella tularensis has a significant extracellular phase in infected mice. J Infect Dis 196:134-137
10. Forsman M, Sandstrom G, Sjostedt A (1994) Analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequences of Francisella strains and utilization for determination of the phylogeny of the genus and for identification of strains by PCR. Int J Syst Bacteriol 44:38-46
11. Edelson BT, Unanue ER (2001) Intracellular antibody neutralizes Listeria growth. Immunity 14:503-512
12. Li JS, Winslow GM (2003) Survival, replication, and antibody susceptibility of Ehrlichia chaffeensis outside of host cells. Infect Immun 71:4229-4237
13. Kirimanjeswara GS, Golden JM, Bakshi CS, Metzger DW (2007) Prophylactic and therapeutic use of antibodies for protection against respiratory infection with Francisella tularensis. J Immunol 179:532-539
14. Stenmark S, Lindgren H, Tarnvik A, Sjostedt A (2003) Specific antibodies contribute to the host protection against strains of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica. Microb Pathog 35:73-80