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A cardinal role for cathepsin d in co-ordinating the host-mediated apoptosis of macrophages and killing of pneumococci.

scientific article

A functional polymorphism of toll-like receptor 4 is not associated with likelihood or severity of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 30 July 2001

A malicious mould

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

A phase III observer-blind randomized, controlled study to evaluate the immune response and the correlation with nasopharyngeal carriage after immunization of university students with a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or serogroup B m

scientific article

A qPCR assay for Bordetella pertussis cells that enumerates both live and dead bacteria

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

A randomised, partially observer blind, multicentre, head-to-head comparison of a two-dose regimen of Baxter and GlaxoSmithKline H1N1 pandemic vaccines, administered 21 days apart.

scientific article

A role for the tetraspanin proteins in Salmonella infection of human macrophages.

scientific article

AIDS-related herpes simplex virus encephalitis during maintenance foscarnet therapy.

scientific article

Active Epstein-Barr virus infection in post-viral fatigue syndrome.

scientific article published in March 1989

Adjunctive rifampicin to reduce early mortality from Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (ARREST): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Age-related loss of CpG methylation in the tumour necrosis factor promoter

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

Alveolar Macrophage Apoptosis-associated Bacterial Killing Helps Prevent Murine Pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

An evaluation of community assessment tools (CATs) in predicting use of clinical interventions and severe outcomes during the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic.

scientific article

An in vitro model for measuring tryptase release from nasal mucosa in response to allergen challenge

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

An interleukin-1 genotype is associated with fatal outcome of meningococcal disease

scientific article published on 09 October 2000

Analysis of histone post translational modifications in primary monocyte derived macrophages using reverse phase×reverse phase chromatography in conjunction with porous graphitic carbon stationary phase.

scientific article published on 07 May 2016

Analysis of nitric oxide-dependent antimicrobial actions in macrophages and mice.

scientific article published on January 2008

Anti-adhesion methods as novel therapeutics for bacterial infections ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

B-cell–T-cell activation and interaction in common variable immunodeficiency

scientific article published on 19 February 2010

Bacterial genomic detection within cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningococcal disease is influenced by microbial and host characteristics

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Blinded randomised controlled trial of low-dose Adjuvant Steroids in Adults admitted to hospital with Pandemic influenza (ASAP): a trial 'in hibernation', ready for rapid activation

scientific article

Challenges for development of meningococcal vaccines in infants and children.

scientific article published on March 2011

Characterisation of receptor binding by the chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus aureus and the effects of the host immune response

scientific article published on 26 January 2007

Ciliary beat frequency and structure of recipient and donor epithelia following lung transplantation

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Clinical Efficacy of Moxifloxacin Versus Comparator Therapies for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused byLegionellaspp ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Clinical and laboratory features distinguishing pandemic H1N1 influenza-related pneumonia from interpandemic community-acquired pneumonia in adults

scientific article

Clinical and laboratory findings in the Paul-Bunnell negative glandular fever-fatigue syndrome.

scientific article

Clinical features of peritoneal tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

Coinfection with influenza B virus does not affect association of Neisseria meningitidis with human nasopharyngeal mucosa in organ culture.

scientific article

Community-acquired pneumonia mortality: a potential link to antibiotic prescribing trends in general practice.

scientific article published in January 2004

Comparison of CATs, CURB-65 and PMEWS as triage tools in pandemic influenza admissions to UK hospitals: case control analysis using retrospective data

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Contact dependent suppression of CD4 T cell activation and proliferation by B cells activated through IgD cross-linking

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

Cooperative role for tetraspanins in adhesin-mediated attachment of bacterial species to human epithelial cells

scientific article

Correction to: Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 complete genome sequence.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Correlation of group C meningococcal conjugate vaccine response with B- and T-lymphocyte activity

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Cytokine production by activated T cells in common variable immunodeficiency

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Diagnostic and management problems in a complex case of connective tissue disease.

scientific article published on December 1995

Differences between asthmatics and nonasthmatics hospitalised with influenza A infection

scientific article published on 16 August 2012

Distinct cell death programs in monocytes regulate innate responses following challenge with common causes of invasive bacterial disease.

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Distinct roles for tetraspanins CD9, CD63 and CD81 in the formation of multinucleated giant cells.

scientific article published in June 2009

Dynamic changes in Mcl-1 expression regulate macrophage viability or commitment to apoptosis during bacterial clearance

scientific article

ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

scientific article published on 7 April 2016

Editorial commentary: Vancomycin for your mother, metronidazole for your mother-in-law.

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids on mucociliary transport and ciliary beating ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Effect of a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine on meningococcal carriage: an observer-blind, phase 3 randomised clinical trial

scientific article

Effect of ethnicity on care pathway and outcomes in patients hospitalized with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in the UK.

scientific article

Effective nasal influenza vaccine delivery using chitosan

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Erratum: Blume, C., et al. Modulation of Human Airway Barrier Functions during <i>Burkholderia thailandensis</i> and <i>Francisella tularensis</i> Infection Running Title: Airway Barrier Functions during Bacterial Infections. <i>Pathogens</i> 2016,

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Experimental Nasopharyngeal Colonization by Neisseria meningitidis using Explant Organ Culture

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Experimental infection of human nasal mucosal explants with Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Experimental therapies for sepsis directed against tumour necrosis factor.

scientific article published on January 1998

Exploring the acceptability of controlled human infection with SARSCoV2-a public consultation

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Flavohemoglobin Hmp protects Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium from nitric oxide-related killing by human macrophages.

scientific article published on August 2002

Functional T-cell deficiency in adolescents who experience serogroup C meningococcal disease despite receiving the meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine.

scientific article

Gamma interferon enhances internalization and early nonoxidative killing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by human macrophages and modifies cytokine responses.

scientific article published on June 2005

Genetic polymorphism of the binding domain of surfactant protein-A2 increases susceptibility to meningococcal disease.

scientific article

Genetic susceptibility to meningococcal infection ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Genetic variation in pro-inflammatory cytokines and meningococcal sepsis

scientific article published on June 2010

Genomes of Escherichia coli bacteraemia isolates originating from urinary tract foci contain more virulence-associated genes than those from non-urinary foci and neutropaenic hosts

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Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Full version ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Summary

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

HIV gp120 in Lungs of ART-treated Individuals Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Responses To Pneumococci

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Haplotype-specific gene expression profiles in a telomeric major histocompatibility complex gene cluster and susceptibility to autoimmune diseases.

scientific article

Host genetics and outcome in meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on April 2010

Human microbial challenge: the ultimate animal model

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Identification of in vivo-expressed antigens of Staphylococcus aureus and their use in vaccinations for protection against nasal carriage

scientific article published on 13 March 2006

Identification of meningococcal genes necessary for colonization of human upper airway tissue.

scientific article published on 20 October 2008

IgG1 subclass deficiency in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

Immune-mediated phagocytosis and killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae are associated with direct and bystander macrophage apoptosis.

scientific article published on 24 August 2001

Immunogenicity and safety of a two-dose schedule of whole-virion and AS03A-adjuvanted 2009 influenza A (H1N1) vaccines: a randomised, multicentre, age-stratified, head-to-head trial

scientific article

In vitro and in vivo effects of ribavirin on human respiratory epithelium

scientific article

Inability to sustain intraphagolysosomal killing of Staphylococcus aureus predisposes to bacterial persistence in macrophages

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Increased surface toll-like receptor 2 expression in superantigen shock

scientific article published in April 2008

Induction of beta2 integrin-dependent neutrophil adhesion to human alveolar epithelial cells by type 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae and derived soluble factors

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Induction of pro-inflammatory cytokine release by human macrophages during exposure of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin is influenced by minimum inhibitory concentration ratio.

scientific article

Infection in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a clinical perspective.

scientific article

Infective endocarditis after transesophageal echocardiography.

scientific article published in April 1993

Interaction of capsulate Haemophilus influenzae with human airway mucosa in vitro ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Interaction of fimbriated and nonfimbriated strains of unencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae with human respiratory tract mucus in vitro

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Interaction of the Salmonella typhimurium transcription and virulence factor SlyA with target DNA and identification of members of the SlyA regulon.

scientific article published on 6 March 2002

Internal combustion and health.

scientific article

Intracellular trafficking and killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by human alveolar macrophages are influenced by opsonins

scientific article

Invasion by Neisseria meningitidis varies widely between clones and among nasopharyngeal mucosae derived from adult human hosts.

scientific article published in May 2002

Invasive isolates of Neisseria meningitidis possess enhanced immunoglobulin A1 protease activity compared to colonizing strains

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Invasive pneumococcal disease and the potential for prevention by vaccination in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 17 October 2006

Investigating Bordetella pertussis colonisation and immunity: protocol for an inpatient controlled human infection model

scientific article

Liver abscess in adults: ten years experience in a UK centre.

scientific article

Long-term management after splenectomy. ... and may be ineffective.

scientific article published on January 1994

MBL2 deficiency is associated with higher genomic bacterial loads during meningococcemia in young children

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Macrophage defences against respiratory tract infections.

scientific article

Malaria systems immunology: Plasmodium vivax induces tolerance during primary infection through dysregulation of neutrophils and dendritic cells

scholarly article by Andrés F Vallejo et al published November 2018 in Journal of Infection

Management of acute bacterial meningitis

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Management of meningitis

scientific article

Mannose-binding lectin enhances phagocytosis and killing of Neisseria meningitidis by human macrophages

scientific article published on 29 November 2004

Mannose-binding lectin is present in human semen and modulates cellular adhesion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in vitro.

scientific article

Mannose-binding lectin regulates the inflammatory response of human professional phagocytes to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B

scientific article published on 26 September 2001

Metabolism of nitric oxide by Neisseria meningitidis modifies release of NO-regulated cytokines and chemokines by human macrophages

scientific article published on 11 April 2007

Methylation status of a single CpG site in the IL6 promoter is related to IL6 messenger RNA levels and rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article

Microevolution of Neisseria lactamica during nasopharyngeal colonisation induced by controlled human infection

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Modulation of Human Airway Barrier Functions during Burkholderia thailandensis and Francisella tularensis Infection Running Title: Airway Barrier Functions during Bacterial Infections.

scientific article published on 03 August 2016

Monocytes Regulate the Mechanism of T-cell Death by Inducing Fas-Mediated Apoptosis during Bacterial Infection ⬇️

scientific article published on July 19, 2012

Moxifloxacin monotherapy is effective in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: the MOTIV study--a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published in May 2008

Mucociliary function after lung transplantation

scientific article published on 01 February 1991

Nasal Inoculation of the Commensal Neisseria lactamica Inhibits Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis by Young Adults: A Controlled Human Infection Study

scientific article

Nasopharyngeal colonization by Neisseria lactamica and induction of protective immunity against Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published in January 2011

Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 complete genome sequence.

scientific article

Neisseria meningitidis lactate permease is required for nasopharyngeal colonization.

scientific article published in September 2005

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B bivalent factor H binding protein vaccine

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Neisseria meningitidis; clones, carriage, and disease

scientific article

Neisserial Molecular Adaptations to the Nasopharyngeal Niche

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Neurocysticercal antigens stimulate chemokine secretion from human monocytes via an NF-kappaB-dependent pathway

scientific article published on 21 April 2006

Nitric oxide in chemostat-cultured Escherichia coli is sensed by Fnr and other global regulators: unaltered methionine biosynthesis indicates lack of S nitrosation

scientific article published on 22 December 2006

Nitric oxide levels regulate macrophage commitment to apoptosis or necrosis during pneumococcal infection.

scientific article

Nitric oxide metabolism in Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on June 2002

Nosocomial pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United Kingdom, 2009-2010

scientific article

NsrR: a key regulator circumventing Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium oxidative and nitrosative stress in vitro and in IFN-gamma-stimulated J774.2 macrophages.

scientific article published on June 2007

Oseltamivir, zanamivir and amantadine in the prevention of influenza: A systematic review ⬇️

scientific article published on October 13, 2010

Overcoming Waning Immunity in Pertussis Vaccines: Workshop of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Penicillin enhances the toll-like receptor 2-mediated proinflammatory activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article published on 17 September 2003

Peptides from Tetraspanin CD9 Are Potent Inhibitors of Staphylococcus Aureus Adherence to Keratinocytes

scientific article

Peritoneal tuberculosis and elevated serum CA 125 levels: recognizing the association is important

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Pneumolysin activates macrophage lysosomal membrane permeabilization and executes apoptosis by distinct mechanisms without membrane pore formation

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Poor hospital infection control practice in venepuncture and use of tourniquets

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Post-transcriptional regulation of bacterial motility by aconitase proteins

scientific journal article

Pre-admission statin use and in-hospital severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease

scientific article

Predictors of clinical outcome in a national hospitalised cohort across both waves of the influenza A/H1N1 pandemic 2009-2010 in the UK.

scientific article

Prior exposure to B. pertussis shapes the mucosal antibody response to acellular pertussis booster vaccination

scientific article published in 2022

Proinflammatory activation of Toll-like receptor-2 during exposure of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae to beta-lactam antibiotics

scientific article published on 31 October 2006

Prolonged cryptosporidiosis during primary HIV infection.

scientific article published on January 1995

Prospective comparative study of culture specimens and methods in diagnosing influenza in adults.

scientific article

Proteomic evaluation and validation of cathepsin D regulated proteins in macrophages exposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

Protocol for a controlled human infection with genetically modified expressing the meningococcal vaccine antigen NadA: a potent new technique for experimental medicine

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Pulmonary immunoglobulin responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae are altered but not reduced in human immunodeficiency virus-infected Malawian adults.

scientific article published on 20 August 2003

Reduced interleukin-8 response to Streptococcus pneumoniae by alveolar macrophages from adults with HIV/AIDS.

scientific article published in July 2005

Regulation of denitrification genes in Neisseria meningitidis by nitric oxide and the repressor NsrR.

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Respiratory infections.

scientific article published in November 2002

Response to oral and intravenous azithromycin in a patient with toxoplasma encephalitis and AIDS.

scientific article published on November 1996

Rheumatoid arthritis and acromegaly--effect of growth factors on RA?

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009)

scientific article

Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge in young adults

scientific article published on 31 March 2022

Serum bactericidal antibody response 1 year after meningococcal polysaccharide vaccination of patients with common variable immunodeficiency

scientific article

Serum bactericidal antibody response to serogroup C polysaccharide meningococcal vaccination in children with primary antibody deficiencies

scientific article published on 04 June 2007

Severity of meningococcal disease associated with genomic bacterial load

scientific article published in March 2009

Still difficult; clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published in 2009

Strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates: outcomes of a nationwide cross-sectional survey of UK general practice ⬇️

scientific article published on May 11, 2012

Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated human macrophage apoptosis after bacterial internalization via complement and Fcgamma receptors correlates with intracellular bacterial load.

scientific article published on 10 October 2003

Summary of the international clinical guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired and ventilator-acquired pneumonia.

scientific article

Superantigen recognition by HLA class II on monocytes up-regulates toll-like receptor 4 and enhances proinflammatory responses to endotoxin

article

The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults.

scientific article published on February 2016

The alveolar microenvironment of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus does not modify alveolar macrophage interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

The comparative clinical course of pregnant and non-pregnant women hospitalised with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection.

scientific article

The effects of activated eosinophils and neutrophils on guinea pig airway epithelium in vitro.

scientific article published in April 1990

The efficacy and safety of a new ciprofloxacin suspension compared with co-amoxiclav tablets in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.

scientific article

The environmental deposition of influenza virus from patients infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Implications for infection prevention and control

scientific article published on December 2015

The glycopeptide vancomycin does not enhance toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) activation by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

scientific article

The hmp gene encoding the NO-inducible flavohaemoglobin in Escherichia coli confers a protective advantage in resisting killing within macrophages, but not in vitro: links with swarming motility.

scientific article published on 25 April 2007

The nonpathogenic commensal Neisseria: friends and foes in infectious disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

The pathogen Neisseria meningitidis requires oxygen, but supplements growth by denitrification. Nitrite, nitric oxide and oxygen control respiratory flux at genetic and metabolic levels.

scientific article published in November 2005

The tumor necrosis factor polymorphism TNF (-308) is associated with susceptibility to meningococcal sepsis, but not with lethality

scientific article published in April 2009

Toll-like receptors in health and disease: complex questions remain.

scientific article

Treating influenza with zanamivir.

scientific article

Using the NIHR Comprehensive Clinical Research Network for infectious diseases and microbiology research

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Variation within genes encoding interleukin-1 and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist influence the severity of meningococcal disease.

scientific article published in April 2003

Wristwatch use and hospital-acquired infection.

scientific article published on 13 September 2009

von Willebrand factor is an acute phase reactant in man

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

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