Host-Bacteria Interactions in Foreign Body Infections

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1991 • 12,590 citations

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1985 • 1,572 citations

Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

1994 • 1,394 citations

Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection in Critically III Patients

1994 • 895 citations

Update on clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci

1994 • 782 citations

Pathogenesis of Foreign Body Infection: Description and Characteristics of an Animal Model

1982 • 610 citations

Molecular characterization of the clumping factor (fibrinogen receptor) of Staphylococcus aureus

1994 • 539 citations

Fibronectin, Fibrinogen, and Laminin Act as Mediators of Adherence of Clinical Staphylococcal Isolates to Foreign Material

1988 • 522 citations

Infections Associated with Indwelling Medical Devices

1990 • 517 citations

Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections

1995 • 500 citations

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Pathogens Associated with Medical Progress

1994 • 494 citations

Pathogenesis of foreign body infection. Evidence for a local granulocyte defect.

1984 • 480 citations

Role of Staphylococcus aureus coagulase and clumping factor in pathogenesis of experimental endocarditis

1995 • 394 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the gene for a fibronectin-binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus: use of this peptide sequence in the synthesis of biologically active peptides.

1989 • 386 citations

The Staphylococcus aureus collagen adhesin is a virulence determinant in experimental septic arthritis

1994 • 358 citations

Two different genes encode fibronectin binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus

1991 • 357 citations

Adhesion properties of mutants of Staphylococcus aureus defective in fibronectin‐binding proteins and studies on the expression of fnb genes

1995 • 296 citations

Molecular characterization and expression of a gene encoding a Staphylococcus aureus collagen adhesin.

1992 • 280 citations

Presence of Laminin Receptors in Staphylococcus aureus

1985 • 271 citations

Molecular biology of the staphylococci

1991 • 261 citations

Molecular biology of the staphylococci

1992 • 260 citations

Cloning and expression of the gene for a fibronectin-binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus.

1987 • 255 citations

Host Factors Selectively Increase Staphylococcal Adherence on Inserted Catheters: A Role for Fibronectin and Fibrinogen or Fibrin

1989 • 236 citations

Infections associated with indwelling medical devices

1995 • 226 citations

Specific binding of the human S protein (vitronectin) to streptococci, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli

1987 • 216 citations

A collagen receptor on Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients with septic arthritis mediates adhesion to cartilage

1993 • 209 citations

Thrombospondin binds to Staphylococcus aureus and promotes staphylococcal adherence to surfaces

1991 • 198 citations

Reduced adherence to traumatized rat heart valves by a low-fibronectin-binding mutant of Staphylococcus aureus

1989 • 194 citations

Surface-associated proteins ofStaphylococcus aureus:Their possible roles in virulence

1994 • 189 citations

Use of adhesion-defective mutants of Staphylococcus aureus to define the role of specific plasma proteins in promoting bacterial adhesion to canine arteriovenous shunts

1995 • 188 citations

Identification of the ligand‐binding domain of the surface‐located fibrinogen receptor (clumping factor) of Staphylococcus aureus

1995 • 175 citations

Foreign Body Infection: Role of Fibronectin as a Ligand for the Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus

1984 • 157 citations

Adsorption of fibronectin onto polymethylmethacrylate and promotion of Staphylococcus aureus adherence

1984 • 156 citations

Fibronectin Is More Active than Fibrin or Fibrinogen in Promoting Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Inserted Intravascular Catheters

1993 • 148 citations

Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to Surface-Bound Platelets: Role of Fibrinogen/Fibrin and Platelet Integrins

1993 • 144 citations

Successful therapy of experimental chronic foreign-body infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by antimicrobial combinations

1991 • 142 citations

Identification and biochemical characterization of the ligand binding domain of the collagen adhesin from Staphylococcus aureus

1993 • 140 citations

Treatment of experimental foreign body infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1990 • 138 citations

Physical and biological effects of a surface coating procedure on polyurethane catheters

1996 • 133 citations

Staphylococcus aureus Expresses a Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Analog

1995 • 121 citations

The Role of Fibrinogen in Staphylococcal Adherence to Catheters In Vitro

1990 • 115 citations

Cloning and characterization of a gene for a 19kDa fibrinogen‐binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus

1994 • 109 citations

Specific binding of bone sialoprotein to Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with osteomyelitis

1989 • 104 citations

Occurrence of Capsular Polysaccharide/Adhesin among Clinical Isolates of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

1993 • 103 citations

Cloning, expression, and nucleotide sequence of a Staphylococcus aureus gene (fbpA) encoding a fibrinogen-binding protein

1995 • 94 citations

Transposon Mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis Deficient in Elaboration of Capsular Polysaccharide/Adhesin and Slime Are Avirulent in a Rabbit Model of Endocarditis

1994 • 85 citations

Interactions of Pathogenic Microorganisms with Fibronectin

1989 • 76 citations

Critical Residues in the Ligand-binding Site of the Staphylococcus aureus Collagen-binding Adhesin (MSCRAMM)

1995 • 76 citations

Binding of elastin to Staphylococcus aureus.

1991 • 76 citations

Quantitative comparison of clumping factor- and coagulase-mediated Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to surface-bound fibrinogen under flow

1995 • 75 citations

Novel animal model for studying the molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to bone‐implanted metallic devices: Role of fibronectin in Staphylococcus aureus adhesion

1996 • 75 citations

Fibronectin receptors from Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus. Involvement of conserved residues in ligand binding.

1993 • 72 citations

Role of fibronectin in staphylococcal adhesion to metallic surfaces used as models of orthopaedic devices

1994 • 71 citations

Fibronectin binding determinants of the Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin receptor

1991 • 70 citations

Teicoplanin alone or combined with rifampin compared with vancomycin for prophylaxis and treatment of experimental foreign body infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1994 • 64 citations

Contribution of Tumor Necrosis Factor to Host Defense against Staphylococci in a Guinea Pig Model of Foreign Body Infections

1992 • 62 citations

Peptide analogs to a fibronectin receptor inhibit attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to fibronectin-containing substrates

1990 • 55 citations

Comparative superoxide-generating system of granulocytes from blood and peritoneal exudates

1984 • 54 citations

Neutrophil bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus adherent on biological surfaces. Surface-bound extracellular matrix proteins activate intracellular killing by oxygen-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

1990 • 54 citations

Purification of a bone sialoprotein‐binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus

1994 • 51 citations

Multiple interactions between human vitronectin and Staphylococcus aureus

1993 • 47 citations

A low-fibronectin-binding mutant of Staphylococcus aureus 879R4S has Tn918 inserted into its single fnb gene

1996 • 27 citations

Successful single-dose prophylaxis of Staphylococcus aureus foreign body infections in guinea pigs by fleroxacin

1990 • 23 citations

Seventy years in the service of science 1924–1994

1994 • 21 citations

Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin‐binding proteins (FnBPs)

1994 • 8 citations