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Muhamed-Kheir Taha

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Julie Toubiana; Cyril Gitiaux; Claire Heilbronner; Jean-Paul Mira; Mehdi Oualha; Capucine Picard; Christophe Rousseau; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dominique Gendrel
Pachymeningitis after meningococcal infection.
Eva Hong; Keith Jolley; Paola Stefanelli; Raquel Abad; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Rocío Enríquez; Cecilia Fazio; Sara Thulin Hedberg; Magnus Unemo; Julio A Vazquez; Frédéric J Veyrier; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Target gene sequencing to define the susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis to ciprofloxacin.
Frédéric J Veyrier; Allison H Williams; Stéphane Mesnage; Christine Schmitt; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ivo G Boneca
De-O-acetylation of peptidoglycan regulates glycan chain extension and affects in vivo survival of Neisseria meningitidis.

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2013: Julie Toubiana; Cyril Gitiaux; Claire Heilbronner; Jean-Paul Mira; Mehdi Oualha; Capucine Picard; Christophe Rousseau; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dominique Gendrel
Pachymeningitis after meningococcal infection.
Lancet 2013;381(9877):1596.
2013: Eva Hong; Keith Jolley; Paola Stefanelli; Raquel Abad; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Rocío Enríquez; Cecilia Fazio; Sara Thulin Hedberg; Magnus Unemo; Julio A Vazquez; Frédéric J Veyrier; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Target gene sequencing to define the susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis to ciprofloxacin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2013;57(4):1961-4.
2013: Frédéric J Veyrier; Allison H Williams; Stéphane Mesnage; Christine Schmitt; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ivo G Boneca
De-O-acetylation of peptidoglycan regulates glycan chain extension and affects in vivo survival of Neisseria meningitidis.
Molecular microbiology 2013;87(5):1100-12.
2013: Fouad Madhi; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Stéphane Béchet; Robert Cohen; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Corinne Levy
Corticosteroid therapy in genotype ST-11 meningococcal infections.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2013;32(3):291-3.
2013: Eva Hong; Mariagrazia Pizza; Brunella Brunelli; Maurizio Comanducci; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Peter Dull; Marzia M Giuliani; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Could the multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) control Neisseria meningitidis capsular group X outbreaks in Africa?
Vaccine 2013;31(7):1113-6.
2012: Eva Hong; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Dario Giorgini; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Functional impacts of the diversity of the meningococcal factor H binding protein.
Vaccine 2012;31(1):183-9.
2012: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ala-Eddine Deghmane
Vaccines targeting serogroup B meningococci.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2012;12(8):578-9.
2012: François Caron; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Valérie Delbos; Eva Hong; Estelle Houivet; Jean-Philippe Leroy; Jacques Bénichou; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Evolution of immune response against Neisseria meningitidis B:14:P1.7,16 before and after the outer membrane vesicle vaccine MenBvac.
Vaccine 2012;30(34):5059-62.
2012: Ulrich Vogel; Heike Claus; Paola Stefanelli; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Julio Vazquez; John Donnelly
The use of vaccine antigen characterization, for example by MATS, to guide the introduction of meningococcus B vaccines.
Vaccine 2012;30 Suppl 2():B73-7.
2012: Michael Bröker; Lisa DeTora; Susanne Jacobsson; David Pace; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Increase of meningococcal serogroup Y cases in Europe: a reason for concern?
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2012;8(5):685-8.
2012: Nicolas Dupin; Hervé Lecuyer; Agnès Carlotti; Johan Chanal; Mathieu Coureuil; Xavier Nassif; Claire Poyart; Alain Schmitt; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Marie-Cécile Vacher-Lavenu; Philippe C Morand
Chronic meningococcemia cutaneous lesions involve meningococcal perivascular invasion through the remodeling of endothelial barriers.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;54(8):1162-5.
2012: Dominique A Caugant; Denis Kandolo; Paul A Kristiansen; Leonard W Mayer; Rasmata Ouédraogo; Samba Sow; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Xin Wang; Flabou Bougoudogo; Laurence Bonte
Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates from countries in the African meningitis belt before introduction of a serogroup A conjugate vaccine.
PloS one 2012;7(9):e46019.
2012: Eva Hong; Philippe Lanotte; Hervé Le Bars; Marie-Christine Legrand-Quillien; Ludovic Lemée; Laurent Mereghetti; Chantal Millardet; Jacques Minet; Chloé Plouzeau-Jayle; Jean-Louis Pons; Jacqueline Schneider; Olivier Barraud; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Nicolas Blondiaux; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Christophe Burucoa; Amélie Carrer; Gérard Couetdic; René Courcol; Nicolas Fortineau; Fabien Garnier; Geneviève Hery-Arnaud; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Proficiency of PCR in hospital settings for nonculture diagnosis of invasive meningococcal infections.
Clinical laboratory 2012;58(3-4):343-6.
2011: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Hela El Kafsi; Dario Giorgini; Aziza Abaza; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Late repression of NF-κB activity by invasive but not non-invasive meningococcal isolates is required to display apoptosis of epithelial cells.
PLoS pathogens 2011;7(12):e1002403.
2011: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ala-Eddine Deghmane
Immediate outcomes of bacterial meningitis in childhood may benefit from slow initial β-lactam infusion and oral paracetamol.
Future microbiology 2011;6(10):1125-9.
2011: Frédéric J Veyrier; Ivo G Boneca; Mathieu F Cellier; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
A novel metal transporter mediating manganese export (MntX) regulates the Mn to Fe intracellular ratio and Neisseria meningitidis virulence.
PLoS pathogens 2011;7(9):e1002261.
2011: Romain Basmaci; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Géraldine Delacroix; Albert Faye; Patricia Mariani; Ann-Christine Nyquist; José R Romero; Harley A Rotbart; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Sonia Azib; Frederick S Nolte
Enteroviral meningitis does not exclude concurrent bacterial meningitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(9):3442-3.
2011: Odile B Harrison; Sigrid Heuberger; Paula Krizova; Angela B Brueggemann; Dominique A Caugant; Matthias Frosch; Stephen Gray; Per OlcEn; Mary Slack; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Arie van der Ende; Martin C J Maiden
Molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and surveillance of invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, a review.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2011;157(Pt 8):2181-95.
2011: François Caron; Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Jean-Philippe Leroy; Corinne Ruckly; Myriam Blanchard; Nicole Bohic; Nathalie Massy; Isabelle Morer; Daniel Floret; Valérie Delbos; Eva Hong; Martin Révillion; Gilles Berthelot; Ludovic Lemée; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Jacques Bénichou; Daniel Lévy-Bruhl; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
From tailor-made to ready-to-wear meningococcal B vaccines: longitudinal study of a clonal meningococcal B outbreak.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2011;11(6):455-63.
2011: Lee H Harrison; Stephen I Pelton; Annelies Wilder-Smith; Johan Holst; Marco A P Safadi; Julio A Vazquez; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; F Marc LaForce; Anne Von Gottberg; Ray Borrow; Stanley A Plotkin
The Global Meningococcal Initiative: recommendations for reducing the global burden of meningococcal disease.
Vaccine 2011;29(18):3363-71.
2011: Marcelo Hill; Eva Hong; Régis Josien; Corinne Ruckly; Mercedes Segovia; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Gaëlle Tilly; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Ignacio Anegon; Aude Antignac; Gaëlle Bériou; Philippe Blancou; Ivo G Boneca; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Meriem El Ghachi; Maria Cristina Cuturi
Penicillin binding proteins as danger signals: meningococcal penicillin binding protein 2 activates dendritic cells through Toll-like receptor 4.
PloS one 2011;6(10):e23995.
2011: Marek Szatanik; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Dario Giorgini; Eva Hong; Katarzyna Jopek; Morgan Ledroit; Marie-Anne Nicola; Corinne Ruckly; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Experimental meningococcal sepsis in congenic transgenic mice expressing human transferrin.
PloS one 2011;6(7):e22210.
2010: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Sara Thulin Hedberg; Marek Szatanik; Eva Hong; Corinne Ruckly; Raquel Abad; Sophie Bertrand; Francoise Carion; Heike Claus; Alejandra Corso; Rocío Enríquez; Sigrid Heuberger; Waleria Hryniewicz; Keith Jolley; Paula Kriz; Marta Mollerach; Martin Musilek; Arianna Neri; Per Olcén; Marina Pana; Anna Skoczynska; Cecilia Sorhouet Pereira; Paola Stefanelli; Georgina Tzanakaki; Magnus Unemo; Julio A Vázquez; Ulrich Vogel; Izabela Wasko
Multicenter study for defining the breakpoint for rifampin resistance in Neisseria meningitidis by rpoB sequencing.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010;54(9):3651-8.
2010: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Isabelle Parent du Chatelet; Marek Szatanik; Eva Hong; Corinne Ruckly; Dario Giorgini; Daniel Lévy-Bruhl; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Emergence of new virulent Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C sequence type 11 isolates in France.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2010;202(2):247-50.
2010: Corinne Levy; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Catherine Weil-Olivier; Beatrice Quinet; Aurélie Lecuyer; Jean Michel Alonso; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen; Robert Cohen
Association of meningococcal phenotypes and genotypes with clinical characteristics and mortality of meningitis in children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2010;29(7):618-23.
2010: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ala-Eddine Deghmane
Impact of changing epidemiology on vaccination strategies in Africa.
Future microbiology 2010;5(6):837-9.
2009: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Emerging drugs for acute bacterial meningitis.
Expert opinion on emerging drugs 2009;14(3):381-93.
2009: Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Dario Giorgini; Corinne Ruckly; Monica Marasescu; Sylvie van der Werf; Jean-Michel Alonso; Nadia Naffakh; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Influenza A virus neuraminidase enhances meningococcal adhesion to epithelial cells through interaction with sialic acid-containing meningococcal capsules.
Infection and immunity 2009;77(9):3588-95.
2009: Ellen Murphy; Lubomira Andrew; Kwok-Leung Lee; Deborah A Dilts; Lorna Nunez; Pamela S Fink; Karita Ambrose; Ray Borrow; Jamie Findlow; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Paula Kriz; Martin Musilek; Jitka Kalmusova; Dominique A Caugant; Torill Alvestad; Leonard W Mayer; Claudio T Sacchi; Xin Wang; Diana Martin; Anne Von Gottberg; Mignon du Plessis; keith klugman; Annaliesa S Anderson; Kathrin U Jansen; Gary Zlotnick; Susan K Hoiseth
Sequence diversity of the factor H binding protein vaccine candidate in epidemiologically relevant strains of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2009;200(3):379-89.
2009: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Carole Veckerlé; Dario Giorgini; Eva Hong; Corinne Ruckly; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Differential modulation of TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis by Neisseria meningitidis.
PLoS pathogens 2009;5(5):e1000405.
2009: Sandrine Poncet; Eliane Milohanic; Alain Mazé; Jamila Nait Abdallah; Francine Aké; Mireille Larribe; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Marie Dozot; Xavier De Bolle; Jean-Jacques LETESSON; Josef Deutscher
Correlations between carbon metabolism and virulence in bacteria.
Contributions to microbiology 2009;16():88-102.
2008: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
[Anti-meningococcal vaccines].
La Revue du praticien 2008;58(19):2099-101.
2008: Anna Skoczynska; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria meningitidis, France.
Emerging infectious diseases 2008;14(8):1322-3.
2008: Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; M Lancellotti; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Dario Giorgini; Eva Hong; Corinne Ruckly; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Hyperinvasive genotypes of Neisseria meningitidis in France.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2008;14(5):467-72.
2008: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis.
The New England journal of medicine 2008;358(13):1400; author reply 1400-1.
2008: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases: the example of meningococcal disease.
Research in microbiology 2008;159(1):62-6.
2007: Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Marek Szatanik; Dario Giorgini; Eva Hong; Michel Huerre; Florian Guillou; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Transgenic mice expressing human transferrin as a model for meningococcal infection.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(12):5609-14.
2007: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
Meningococcal vaccines: to eradicate the disease, not the bacterium.
Human vaccines 2007;3(4):149-52.
2007: Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; C Sesboüé; P Rouaud; Anne Perrocheau; D Lévy-Bruhl
[Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Seine-Maritime. The evolving epidemiology due to the B:14:P1.7,16 strain].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2007;14(6):537-40.
2007: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Jean-Michel Alonso; Lisbeth M Naess; Johan Holst; Berit Feiring; Einar Rosenqvist
Use of available outer membrane vesicle vaccines to control serogroup B meningococcal outbreaks.
Vaccine 2007;25(14):2537-8.
2007: Pascal Boisier; Pierre Nicolas; Saacou Djibo; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Isabelle JEANNE; Halima Boubacar Maïnassara; Bernard Tenebray; Kiari Kaka Kairo; Dario Giorgini; Suzanne Chanteau
Meningococcal meningitis: unprecedented incidence of serogroup X-related cases in 2006 in Niger.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007;44(5):657-63.
2007: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Andrew Fox
Quality assessed nonculture techniques for detection and typing of meningococci.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2007;31(1):37-42.
2007: Andrew J Fox; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ulrich Vogel
Standardized nonculture techniques recommended for European reference laboratories.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2007;31(1):84-8.
2006: Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Michel Huerre; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
Differential role of lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis in virulence and inflammatory response during respiratory infection in mice.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(10):5506-12.
2006: Yves Traoré; Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade; Kokou-Louis-Sewonou Adjogble; Mathilde Lourd; Seydou Yaro; Boubacar Nacro; Aly Drabo; Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Judith E Mueller; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ray Borrow; Pierre Nicolas; Jean-Michel Alonso; Bradford D Gessner
The rise and fall of epidemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 meningitis in Burkina Faso, 2002-2005.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006;43(7):817-22.
2006: P Rouaud; Anne Perrocheau; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; C Sesboué; A M Forgues; Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Daniel Levy-Bruhl
Prolonged outbreak of B meningococcal disease in the Seine-Maritime department, France, January 2003 to June 2005.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2006;11(7):178-81.
2006: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Corinne Ruckly; Dario Giorgini; Jean-Michel Alonso
Rifampin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis.
Emerging infectious diseases 2006;12(5):859-60.
2006: Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Aude Antignac; Marcelo Lancellotti; Annie Guiyoule; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Immunogenicity of meningococcal PBP2 during natural infection and protective activity of anti-PBP2 antibodies against meningococcal bacteraemia in mice.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;57(5):924-30.
2006: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Arianna Neri; Rocío Enriquez; Julio A Vázquez; Paola Stefanelli
Interlaboratory comparison of PCR-based methods for detection of penicillin G susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(3):887-92.
2006: Marcelo Lancellotti; Annie Guiyoule; Corinne Ruckly; Eva Hong; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Conserved virulence of C to B capsule switched Neisseria meningitidis clinical isolates belonging to ET-37/ST-11 clonal complex.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2006;8(1):191-6.
2005: Anne Perrocheau; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Daniel Levy-Bruhl
Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in France in 2003.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2005;10(12):238-41.
2005: Lhousseine Touqui; Miguel Paya; Françoise Thouron; Annie Guiyoule; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Dominique Leduc; Yongzheng Wu; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
Neisseria meningitidis pili induce type-IIA phospholipase A2 expression in alveolar macrophages.
FEBS letters 2005;579(22):4923-7.
2005: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
[Pathophysiology and molecular pathogenesis of meningococcal invasive infections].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2005;12(6):753-4.
2005: Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
[Meningococcal vaccines: present status and perspectives].
Thérapie 2005;60(3):283-6.
2005: Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade; Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Oumarou Sanou; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
The establishment of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 of the clonal complex ET-37/ST-11 as an epidemic clone and the persistence of serogroup A isolates in Burkina Faso.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2005;7(4):645-9.
2005: Johan Holst; Berit Feiring; Lisbeth M Naess; Gunnstein Norheim; Paul Kristiansen; E Arne Høiby; Klaus Bryn; Philipp Oster; paolo costantino; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso; Dominique A Caugant; Elisabeth Wedege; Ingeborg S Aaberge; Rino Rappuoli; Einar Rosenqvist
The concept of "tailor-made", protein-based, outer membrane vesicle vaccines against meningococcal disease.
Vaccine 2005;23(17-18):2202-5.
2005: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso; Mary Cafferkey; Dominique A Caugant; Stuart C Clarke; Mathew A Diggle; Andrew Fox; Matthias Frosch; Stephen J Gray; Malcolm Guiver; Sigrid Heuberger; Jitka Kalmusova; Konstantinos Kesanopoulos; Anne-Marie Klem; Paula Kriz; John Marsh; Paula Mölling; Karen Murphy; Per Olcén; Oumarou Sanou; Georgina Tzanakaki; Ulrich Vogel
Interlaboratory comparison of PCR-based identification and genogrouping of Neisseria meningitidis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(1):144-9.
2005: Isabelle Parent du Châtelet; Yves Traore; Bradford D Gessner; Aude Antignac; B Naccro; Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade; Macaire S Ouedraogo; Sylvestre R Tiendrebeogo; Emmanuelle Varon; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Bacterial meningitis in Burkina Faso: surveillance using field-based polymerase chain reaction testing.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005;40(1):17-25.
2004: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Per Olcén
Molecular genetic methods in diagnosis and direct characterization of acute bacterial central nervous system infections.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 2004;112(11-12):753-70.
2004: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dario Giorgini; Magaly Ducos-Galand; Jean-Michel Alonso
Continuing diversification of Neisseria meningitidis W135 as a primary cause of meningococcal disease after emergence of the serogroup in 2000.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(9):4158-63.
2004: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Dario Giorgini; Laure Maigre; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Analysis in vitro and in vivo of the transcriptional regulator CrgA of Neisseria meningitidis upon contact with target cells.
Molecular microbiology 2004;53(3):917-27.
2004: Sylvie Bay; Valérie Huteau; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; René Pires; Joël Ughetto-Monfrin; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Patrick England; Pierre Lafaye
Phosphorylcholine-carbohydrate-protein conjugates efficiently induce hapten-specific antibodies which recognize both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis: a potential multitarget vaccine against respiratory infections.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 2004;47(16):3916-9.
2004: Albert Faye; Patricia Marianni-Kurkdjian; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Valérie Soussan; Edouard Bingen; Antoine Bourrillon
[Meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 in children. Clinical aspects and outcome].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 2004;33(10):654-7.
2004: Albert Faye; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; François Angoulvant; Micheline Antonios; Guillaume Aubertin; Valérie Soussan; Edouard Bingen; Antoine Bourrillon
Clinical features and outcome of pediatric Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection: a report of 5 cases.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004;38(11):1635-7.
2003: Pascale Vienne; Magaly Ducos-Galand; Annie Guiyoule; René Pires; Dario Giorgini; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean-Michel Alonso
The role of particular strains of Neisseria meningitidis in meningococcal arthritis, pericarditis, and pneumonia.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;37(12):1639-42.
2003: Fati Sidikou; Saacou Djibo; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Jean Michel Alonso; Ali Djibo; Kiari Kaka Kairo; Suzanne Chanteau; Pascal Boisier
Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger.
Emerging infectious diseases 2003;9(11):1486-8.
2003: Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
[Respiratory virosis and invasive bacterial superinfections. The case for influenza and meningococcal diseases].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2003;10(11):1013-5.
2003: Julio A Vázquez; Luisa Arreaza; Colin Block; Ingrid Ehrhard; Stephen J Gray; Sigrid Heuberger; Steen Hoffmann; Paula Kriz; Pierre Nicolas; Per OlcEn; Anna Skoczynska; Lodewijk Spanjaard; Paola Stefanelli; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Georgina Tzanakaki
Interlaboratory comparison of agar dilution and Etest methods for determining the MICs of antibiotics used in management of Neisseria meningitidis infections.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2003;47(11):3430-4.
2003: Aude Antignac; Magaly Ducos-Galand; Annie Guiyoule; René Pirès; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from invasive infections in France (1999-2002): phenotypes and antibiotic susceptibility patterns.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;37(7):912-20.
2003: Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Jean-Philippe Carlier; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Insertional inactivation of the lpxA gene involved in the biosynthesis of lipid A in Neisseria meningitidis resulted in lpxA/lpxA::aph-3' heterodiploids.
FEMS microbiology letters 2003;226(1):51-6.
2003: Aude Antignac; Jean-Claude Rousselle; Abdelkader Namane; Agnès Labigne; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ivo G Boneca
Detailed structural analysis of the peptidoglycan of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(34):31521-8.
2003: Aude Antignac; Ivo G Boneca; Jean-Claude Rousselle; Abdelkader Namane; Jean-Philippe Carlier; Julio A Vázquez; Andrew Fox; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Correlation between alterations of the penicillin-binding protein 2 and modifications of the peptidoglycan structure in Neisseria meningitidis with reduced susceptibility to penicillin G.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(34):31529-35.
2003: Stephen E Girardin; Ivo G Boneca; Leticia Carneiro; Aude Antignac; Muguette Jéhanno; Jérôme Viala; Karsten Tedin; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Agnès Labigne; Ulrich Zähringer; Anthony J Coyle; Peter S DiStefano; John Bertin; Philippe J Sansonetti; Dana J Philpott
Nod1 detects a unique muropeptide from gram-negative bacterial peptidoglycan.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2003;300(5625):1584-7.
2003: Jean-Michel Alonso; Annie Guiyoule; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Françoise Ramisse; René Pires; Aude Antignac; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Michel Huerre; Sylvie van der Werf; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
A model of meningococcal bacteremia after respiratory superinfection in influenza A virus-infected mice.
FEMS microbiology letters 2003;222(1):99-106.
2003: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Mireille Larribe; Dario Giorgini; Dora Sabino; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Differential expression of genes that harbor a common regulatory element in Neisseria meningitidis upon contact with target cells.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(5):2897-901.
2003: Grégory Boël; Ivan Mijakovic; Alain Mazé; Sandrine Poncet; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Mireille Larribe; Emmanuelle Darbon; Arbia Khemiri; Anne Galinier; Josef Deutscher
Transcription regulators potentially controlled by HPr kinase/phosphorylase in Gram-negative bacteria.
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology 2003;5(4):206-15.
2003: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
The Neisseria meningitidis adhesion regulatory protein CrgA acts through oligomerization and interaction with RNA polymerase.
Molecular microbiology 2003;47(1):135-43.
2002: I Parent du Châtelet; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
[Clonal expansion of Neisseria meningitidis W135. Epidemiological implications for the African meningitis belt].
Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990) 2002;95(5):323-4; discussion 324-5.
2002: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Aude Antignac; Maria Leticia Zarantonelli; Mireille Larribe; Jean-Michel Alonso
The duality of virulence and transmissibility in Neisseria meningitidis.
Trends in microbiology 2002;10(8):376-82.
2002: Leonard W Mayer; Michael W Reeves; Nasser A Al-Hamdan; Claudio T Sacchi; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Gloria W Ajello; Susanna Schmink; Corie A Noble; Maria Lucia C Tondella; Anne Whitney; Yagob Y Al-Mazrou; Mohammed Al-Jefri; Amin Mishkhis; Sameer Sabban; Dominique A Caugant; Jaisri R Lingappa; Nancy E Rosenstein; Tanja Popovic
Outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease in 2000: not emergence of a new W135 strain but clonal expansion within the electophoretic type-37 complex.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2002;185(11):1596-605.
2002: D Lévy-Bruhl; Anne Perrocheau; M Mora; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; S Dromell-Chabrier; J Beytout; I Quatresous
Vaccination campaign following an increase in incidence of serogroup C meningococcal diseases in the department of Puy-de-Dôme (France).
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2002;7(5):74-6.
2002: Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Molecular detection and characterization of Neisseria meningitidis.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics 2002;2(2):143-50.
2002: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; Dario Giorgini; Mireille Larribe; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Down-regulation of pili and capsule of Neisseria meningitidis upon contact with epithelial cells is mediated by CrgA regulatory protein.
Molecular microbiology 2002;43(6):1555-64.
2002: Marie Christine Fonkoua; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Pierre Nicolas; Patrick Cunin; Jean-Michel Alonso; Raymond Bercion; Jeanne Musi; Paul M V Martin
Recent increase in meningitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A and W135, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Emerging infectious diseases 2002;8(3):327-9.
2002: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Isabelle Parent Du Chatelet; Martin Schlumberger; Idrissa Sanou; Saacou Djibo; François de Chabalier; Jean-Michel Alonso
Neisseria meningitidis serogroups W135 and A were equally prevalent among meningitis cases occurring at the end of the 2001 epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(3):1083-4.
2001: Aude Antignac; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Nonculture prediction of Neisseria meningitidis susceptibility to penicillin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(12):3625-8.
2001: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Aude Antignac; P Renault; Anne Perrocheau; Daniel Levy-Bruhl; P Nicolas; Jean-Michel Alonso
[Clonal spread of Neisseria meningitidis W135].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 2001;30(31 Pt 1):1535-8.
2001: M D Matsika-Claquin; Anne Perrocheau; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Daniel Levy-Bruhl; P Renault; Jean-Michel Alonso; J C Desenclos
[Meningococcal W135 infection epidemics associated with pilgrimage to Mecca in 2000].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 2001;30(31 Pt 1):1529-34.
2001: Aude Antignac; Paula Kriz; Georgina Tzanakaki; Jean-Michel Alonso; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Polymorphism of Neisseria meningitidis penA gene associated with reduced susceptibility to penicillin.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2001;47(3):285-96.
2001: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; E Bichier; Anne Perrocheau; Jean-Michel Alonso
Circumvention of herd immunity during an outbreak of meningococcal disease could be correlated to escape mutation in the porA gene of Neisseria meningitidis.
Infection and immunity 2001;69(3):1971-3.
2000: Ala-Eddine Deghmane; S Petit; A Topilko; Yannick PEREIRA; Dario Giorgini; Mireille Larribe; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Intimate adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial cells is under the control of the crgA gene, a novel LysR-type transcriptional regulator.
The EMBO journal 2000;19(5):1068-78.
2000: Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Simultaneous approach for nonculture PCR-based identification and serogroup prediction of Neisseria meningitidis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(2):855-7.
2000: Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Neisseria meningitidis induces the expression of the TNF-alpha gene in endothelial cells.
Cytokine 2000;12(1):21-5.
1999: Paula Kriz; Dario Giorgini; Martin Musilek; Mireille Larribe; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Microevolution through DNA exchange among strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated during an outbreak in the Czech Republic.
Research in microbiology 1999;150(4):273-80.
1998: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Patrice Morand; Yannick PEREIRA; Emmanuel Eugène; Dario Giorgini; Mireille Larribe; Xavier Nassif
Pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis: the essential role of cell contact-dependent transcriptional upregulation of the PilC1 protein.
Molecular microbiology 1998;28(6):1153-63.
1998: Martin Musilek; Dario Giorgini; N Hamadouche; Paula Kriz; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Genetic heterogeneity of strains of Neisseria meningitidis belonging to serotype 22 isolated in the Czech Republic.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(2):563-5.
1997: Benedicte Pron; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; C Rambaud; J C Fournet; N Pattey; J P Monnet; Martin Musilek; Jean-Luc Beretti; Xavier Nassif
Interaction of Neisseria maningitidis with the components of the blood-brain barrier correlates with an increased expression of PilC.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1997;176(5):1285-92.
1997: Dario Giorgini; Xavier Nassif; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
[Rapid epidemiological characterization of Neisseria meningitidis using polymerization chain reaction from biological samplings].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 1997;26(32):1516-9.
1997: Xavier Nassif; Michael Marceau; Céline Pujol; Benedicte Pron; Jean-Luc Beretti; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Type-4 pili and meningococcal adhesiveness.
Gene 1997;192(1):149-53.
1997: Hilde De Reuse; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
RegF, an SspA homologue, regulates the expression of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE gene.
Research in microbiology 1997;148(4):289-303.
1997: Mireille Larribe; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; A Topilko; C Marchal
Control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin gene expression by environmental factors: involvement of the pilA/pilB regulatory genes.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1997;143 ( Pt 5)():1757-64.
1997: M Guibourdenche; Dario Giorgini; A Guèye; Mireille Larribe; JY Riou; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Genetic analysis of a meningococcal population based on polymorphism of the pilA-pilB locus: a molecular approach for meningococcal epidemiology.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1997;35(3):745-50.
1996: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dario Giorgini; Xavier Nassif
The pilA regulatory gene modulates the pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis by controlling the transcription of pilC1.
Molecular microbiology 1996;19(5):1073-84.
1995: Dario Giorgini; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Molecular typing of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A using the polymerase chain reaction and restriction endonuclease pattern analysis.
Molecular and cellular probes 1995;9(5):297-306.
1995: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Dario Giorgini
Phosphorylation and functional analysis of PilA, a protein involved in the transcriptional regulation of the pilin gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Molecular microbiology 1995;15(4):667-77.
1993: Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Increased sensitivity of gonococcal pilA mutants to bactericidal activity of normal human serum.
Infection and immunity 1993;61(11):4662-8.
1992: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Mireille Larribe; B Dupuy; Dario Giorgini; C Marchal
Role of pilA, an essential regulatory gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, in the stress response.
Journal of bacteriology 1992;174(18):5978-81.
1992: B Dupuy; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; OM Possot; C Marchal; Anthony P Pugsley
PulO, a component of the pullulanase secretion pathway of Klebsiella oxytoca, correctly and efficiently processes gonococcal type IV prepilin in Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology 1992;6(14):1887-94.
1991: B Dupuy; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Anthony P Pugsley; C Marchal
Neisseria gonorrhoeae prepilin export studied in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology 1991;173(23):7589-98.
1991: C Marchal; Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Mireille Larribe; H S Seifert; Magdalene So
[Molecular bases of virulence in Neisseria gonorrhoeae].
Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine 1991;175(6):823-34.
1991: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; B Dupuy; William Saurin; Magdalene So; C Marchal
Control of pilus expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae as an original system in the family of two-component regulators.
Molecular microbiology 1991;5(1):137-48.
1990: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; C Marchal
Conservation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus expression regulatory genes pilA and pilB in the genus Neisseria.
Infection and immunity 1990;58(12):4145-8.
1988: Muhamed-Kheir Taha; Magdalene So; H S Seifert; E Billyard; C Marchal
Pilin expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is under both positive and negative transcriptional control.
The EMBO journal 1988;7(13):4367-78.