Dennis Kasper, MD

William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Antibody responses in invasive group B streptococcal infection in adults.
Authors: Authors: Wessels MR, Kasper DL, Johnson KD, Harrison LH.
J Infect Dis
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Group B streptococci escape host immunity by deletion of tandem repeat elements of the alpha C protein.
Authors: Authors: Madoff LC, Michel JL, Gong EW, Kling DE, Kasper DL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Maternal immunization of mice with group B streptococcal type III polysaccharide-beta C protein conjugate elicits protective antibody to multiple serotypes.
Authors: Authors: Madoff LC, Paoletti LC, Tai JY, Kasper DL.
J Clin Invest
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Phenotypic diversity in the alpha C protein of group B streptococci.
Authors: Authors: Madoff LC, Hori S, Michel JL, Baker CJ, Kasper DL.
Infect Immun
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Definition of a bacterial virulence factor: sialylation of the group B streptococcal capsule.
Authors: Authors: Wessels MR, Rubens CE, Benedí VJ, Kasper DL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Effect of subinhibitory doses of clindamycin on the virulence of Bacteroides fragilis: role of lipopolysaccharide.
Authors: Authors: Zaleznik DF, Zhang ZL, Onderdonk AB, Kasper DL.
J Infect Dis
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Use of a model of intraabdominal sepsis for studies of the pathogenicity of Bacteroides fragilis.
Authors: Authors: Onderdonk AB, Shapiro ME, Finberg RW, Zaleznik DF, Kasper DL.
Rev Infect Dis
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The presence of sialic acid on two related bacterial polysaccharides determines the site of the primary immune response and the effect of complement depletion on the response in mice.
Authors: Authors: Markham RB, Nicholson-Weller A, Schiffman G, Kasper DL.
J Immunol
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Bactericidal antibody and susceptibility to otitis media caused by nontypable strains of Haemophilus influenzae.
Authors: Authors: Shurin PA, Pelton SI, Tager IB, Kasper DL.
J Pediatr
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Surface antigens as virulence factors in infection with Bacteroides fragilis.
Authors: Authors: Kasper DL, Onderdonk AB, Polk BF, Bartlett JG.
Rev Infect Dis
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