Keynote Lectures |
Urinary Tract Infection: from Basic Science to Clinical Application / Jorg Hacker |
Innate Defences and Resistance to Gram Negative Mucosal Infection / Gabriela Godaly ; Goran Bergsten ; Bjorn Frendeus ; Long Hang ; Maria Hedlund ; Diana Karpman ; Patrik Samuelsson ; Majlis Svensson ; Gisela Otto ; Bjorn Wullt ; Catharina Svanborg |
Genetic Information, Synthesis, Assembly, and Activation Processes in Virulence Mechanisms / Session I.: |
Pathogenicity Islands of Uropathogenic E. Coli and Evolution of Virulence / Gabriele Blum-Oehler ; Ulrich Dobrindt ; Britta Janke ; Gabor Nagy ; Katharine Piechaczek |
Iron Transport in Escherichia Coli: Crystal Structure of FhuA, an Outer Membrane Iron and Antibiotic Transporter / Volkmar Braun ; Michael Braun ; Helmut Killmann |
The Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 (CNF1) from Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli / Patrice Boquet |
Genetic Characterization of the Uropathogenic E. Coli Strain 536 - A Subtractive Hybridization Analysis |
Analysis of the Hemolysin Determinants of the Uropathogenic E. Coli Strain 536 / Levente Emody ; Werner Goebel |
Functional Variability of Type 1 Fimbriae of Escherichia / Riitta Pouttu ; Terhi Puustinen ; Maini Kukkonen ; Ritva Virkola ; Minni Laurila ; Per Klemm ; Timo K. Korhonen |
Hpi of High-Virulent Yersinia is Found in E. Coli Strains Causing Urinary Tract Infection: Structural, Functional Aspects, and Distribution / Soren Schubert ; Johanna L. Sorsa ; Sonja Cuenca ; Daniela Fischer ; Christoph A. Jacobi ; Jurgen Heesemann |
Aggregation Substance of Enterococcus Faecalis: A Multifunctional Adhesin / Albrecht Muscholl-Silberhorn ; Eva Rozdzinski ; Reinhard Wirth |
Regulation and Expression of Virulence Genes / Session II.: |
A Role for the [sigma superscript s] Subunit of Rna Polymerase in the Regulation of Bacterial Virulence / Regine Hengge-Aronis |
Transcriptional Organisation and Regulation of E Coli Group II Capsule Expression / Ian S. Roberts |
Molecular Basis of Catheter Associated Infections by Staphylococci / Friedrich Gotz ; Christine Heilmann ; Sarah E. Cramton |
Control Mechanisms in the Pap-Pili System / Bernt Eric Uhlin ; Carlos Balsalobre ; Kristina Forsman-Semb ; Mikael Goransson ; Jana Jass ; Jorgen Johansson ; Saule Naureckiene ; Berit Sonden ; Jurate Urbonaviciene ; Yan Xia |
Transcriptional Analysis of the Sfa and Pap Determinants of Uropathogenic E. Coli Strains / Joachim Morschhauser |
Structural and Functional Studies of the Fimbrial Adhesin Gene Regulator Papb From Uropathogenic E. Coli |
Interaction of the Nucleoid-Associated Proteins Hha and H-NS to Modulate Expression of the Hemolysin Operon in E. Coli / Antonio Juarez ; Jose M. Nieto ; Antoni Prenafeta ; Elisabet Miquelay ; Montserrat Carrascal ; Cristina Madrid |
Use of the Omps-Display-System to Localize the Receptor-Binding Region in the Papg Adhesin of Uropathogenic E. Coli / Hannu Lang ; Minna Maki ; Anssi Rantakari |
The Role of the AirS Two-Component System in Uropathogenic E. Coli / Anna-Karin Pernestig ; Staffan J. Normark ; Dimitris Georgellis ; Ojar Melefors |
Examination of Regulatory Cross-Talk Between the Decay Accelerating Factor-Binding Fimbrial/Afimbrial Adhesins and Type I Fimbriae / Nicola Holden ; Claire Cotterill ; David Gally |
Modulation of the Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin (PIA) Expression in Biofilm Forming Staphylococcus Epidermidis / Wilma Ziebuhr ; Isabel Lossner ; Shwan Rachid ; Katja Dietrich |
Induction of Staphylococcus Epidermidis Biofilm Formation by Environmental Factors: the Possible Involvement of the Alternative Transcription Factor Sigb / Seunghak Cho ; Knut Ohlsen |
Expression of Virulence Genes in Candida Albicans / Peter Staib ; Marianne Kretschmar ; Thomas Nichterlein ; Gerwald Kohler |
Effect of Spontaneous and Induced Mutations on Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharides of Proteus Penneri Strain 357 / Ildiko Kustos ; Vilmos Toth ; Ferenc Kilar ; Bela Kocsis |
Host-Parasite Interactions / Session III.: |
Role of Bacterial Lectins in Urinary Tract Infections / Itzhak Ofek ; David L. Hasty ; Soman N. Abraham ; Nathan Sharon |
Adherence of Enteric Bacteria onto the Mammalian Extracellular Matrix |
Interrelationship Between Virulence Properties of Uropathogenic E. Coli and Blood Group Phenotype of Patients with Chronic Urinary Tract Infection / Reinhard Funfstuck ; Niels Jacobsohn ; Gunter Stein |
Glycolipid Receptors of F1c Fimbrial Adhesin of Uropathogenic E. Coli / A. Salam Khan |
Thin Aggregative Fimbriae on Urinary E. Coli Isolates / Eszter Patri ; Edina Szabo ; Tibor Pal |
Type 1 Pili of Citrobacter Freundii Mediate Invasion Into Host Cells / Petra Hess ; Neda Daryab ; Kai Michaelis ; Anita Reisenauer ; Tobias A. Oelschlaeger |
Serotypes, Siderophore Synthesis, and Serum Resistance of Uropathogenic Klebsiella Isolates / Mine Ang-Kucuker ; Omer Kucukbasmaci ; Mehmet Tekin ; Didem Akbulut ; Ozden Buyukbaba-Boral ; Ozdem Ang |
Epitope Specificity of Polyclonal Rabbit Antisera Against Proteus Vulgaris O-Antigens / Beata Bartodziejska ; Agnieszka Torzewska ; Dorota Babicka ; Marianna Wykrota ; Antoni Rozalski ; Andrei V. Perepelov ; Filip V. Toukach ; Yuriy A. Knirel |
Virulence Factors of Escherichia Coli Isolated from Urine of Diabetic Women with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria / Suzanne E. Geerlings ; Ellen C.Brouwer ; Wim Gaastra ; Andy M. Hoepelman |
Cytokine Secretion is Impaired in Women with Diabetes Mellitus / Kok P. M. van Kessel |
Characterisation and Adherence Mechanisms of Escherichia Coli Stranins Causing Infections in Patients with a Reconstructed Bladder / Sally J. Keegan ; Carlos E. Hormaeche ; Jeffery P. Pearson ; David L. Gally |
Immunodominant Proteins in Human Sepsis Caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus / Udo Lorenz ; Helge Karch ; Arnulf Thiede |
Applications: Diagnosis, Therapy and Prevention / Session IV.: |
Modern Concept of Antibiotic Therapy of Urinary Tract Infection / Raymond Auckenthaler |
The Role of Anaerobic Bacteria in Prostatitis / Elisabeth Nagy ; Ildiko Szoke ; Laszlo Torok ; Laszlo Pajor |
Urinary Tract Infection in Dogs: Analysis of 419 urocultures carried out in Portugal / Constanca P. Feria ; Jose D. Correia ; Jorge Machado ; Rui Vidal ; Jose Goncalves |
Detection of Virulence Factors in Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Isolated from Humans, Dogs and Cats in Portugal |
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Can be Considered a Diabetic Complication in Women with Diabetes Mellitus / Ronald P. Stolk ; Marielle J. L. Camps ; Paetrick M. Netten ; Joost B. L. Hoekstra ; Paul K. Bouter ; Bert Braveboer ; Theo J. Collet|cArjen R. Jansz |
Determination of Genetic Diversity of Proteus Penneri Strains Using Rep-Pcr / Marcin Kowalczyk ; Zygmunt Sidorczyk |
Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic Dna (Rapd) Analysis for Identification of Proteus Penneri / Iwona Kwil ; Jaroslaw Dziadek ; Aleksandra Cierniewska-Cieslak |
Overview on the Clinical Studies with Urostim Immunostimulator Against Urogenital Infections / Plamen Nenkov |
Porcine Postweaning Diarrhea Isolates of E. Coli with Uropathogenic Characters / Istvan Toth ; Eric Oswald ; Jacques Mainil ; Mohamed Awad-Masalmeh ; Bela Nagy |
Virulence Markers of Human Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Strains Isolated in Hungary / Bela Szabo ; Istvan Barcs |
New Serogroups of the Genus Proteus Consisting of Proteus Penneri Strains Only Determination of some LPS epitopes responsible for specifity / Krystyna Zych |
The Role of Chlamydia Trachomatis in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Urogenital Infections / Judith Deak |
List of Contributors |
Index |
Keynote Lectures |
Urinary Tract Infection: from Basic Science to Clinical Application / Jorg Hacker |
Innate Defences and Resistance to Gram Negative Mucosal Infection / Gabriela Godaly ; Goran Bergsten ; Bjorn Frendeus ; Long Hang ; Maria Hedlund ; Diana Karpman ; Patrik Samuelsson ; Majlis Svensson ; Gisela Otto ; Bjorn Wullt ; Catharina Svanborg |
Genetic Information, Synthesis, Assembly, and Activation Processes in Virulence Mechanisms / Session I.: |
Pathogenicity Islands of Uropathogenic E. Coli and Evolution of Virulence / Gabriele Blum-Oehler ; Ulrich Dobrindt ; Britta Janke ; Gabor Nagy ; Katharine Piechaczek |
Iron Transport in Escherichia Coli: Crystal Structure of FhuA, an Outer Membrane Iron and Antibiotic Transporter / Volkmar Braun ; Michael Braun ; Helmut Killmann |