Microbial Surface Components and Toxins in Relation to Pathogenesis

I. Adhesion and Colonization.- Characterization and Surface Organization of E. coli Adhesins.- Binding of Enterobacterial Fimbria to Proteins of Basement Membranes and Connective Tissue — A Novel Function for Fimbriae.- P-Fimbriae: Molecular Aspects of Their Structure and Their Application as Carriers of Foreign Antigenic Determinants.- Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli, A New Diarrheal Agent.- Fimbriae of Human Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Control of Their Expression.- Regulation of the Biosynthesis of K99 and 987P Fimbriae.- Adherence Pili of Escherichia coli 078 Determine Host and Tissue Specificity.- The Analysis of Bordetella pertussis Fimbrial Mutants in a Rabbit Model.- Differentiation Between Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica.- Adherence and Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A Review.- II. Cell Invasion and Intracellular Multiplication.- Genetics of Factors Involved in Extraintestinal E. coli Pathogenicity.- Entry and Intracellular Behaviour of Shigella.- The Salmonella typhimurium Virulence Plasmid.- Regulation and Function of Plasmid Encoded Virulence Determinants of Yersinia.- Outer Membrane Proteins: Old and New.- III. Evasion of Host Defenses.- Structural Aspects of LPS: Role in Evasion of Host Defense Mechanism.- Chemical Characterization of E. coli Capsules and Analysis of Their Expression.- Structure, Function and Role in Disease of Pneumolysin, the Thiol-Activated Toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniae.- Studies on the Genetic Basis of Haemophilus influenza Pathogenicity.- IV. Toxins and Systematic Effects.- Assembly and Secretion of Oligomeric Toxins.- Genetics of Yop Production in Yersinia enterocolitica.- TNF-?, IL-1 and PGE2Secretion Following Macrophage Activation by Mycoplasma capricolum Membranes.- BacterialEndotoxins: Relationships Between Chemical Structure and Biological Activity of the Inner Core-Lipid A Domain.- Author Index.