What does LOS stand for?

Lipooligosaccharide

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In vivo phase variation and serological response to lipooligosaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni in experimental human infection.

Man-made chemicals: the hidden role of the lymphatic system in the ...

Chemical structure and biological activity of lipooligosaccharide isolated from Sphingomonas paucimobilis, a gram-negative bacterium lacking usual lipopolysaccharide.

Sphingomonas mucosissima bacteremia in patient with sickle cell ...

The surface of NTHi is covered with lipooligosaccharide (LOS) endotoxins that lack a repeating "O side chain.

Evidence that otitis media is not a biofilm disease

Seroreactive species-specific lipooligosaccharides of Mycobacterium mucogenicum spp.

Mycobacterium mucogenicum isolated from a patient with granulomatous ...

These gram-negative bacteria incorporate in their cell walls molecules of an endotoxin, lipooligosaccharide (LOS) that can trigger an overwhelming systemic inflammatory cascade.

Phase III Neuprex Meningococcemia Data Published in The Lancet

meningitidis isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of the donor was serogroup C by immunoprecipitation, and the lipooligosaccharide (LOS) immunotypes (determined by Brenda Brandt, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC.

Neisseria meningitidis endotoxin and capsule transmission by ...

The serologic characterization scheme for meningococci comprises the following: groups, based on variants in the capsular polysaccharide; types, based on variants of the PorB outer membrane protein (OMP); subtypes, based on variants of the PorA OMP; and immunotypes, based on variants in the lipooligosaccharide (3).

PorA variable regions of Neisseria meningitidis

They appear smooth, white, and glossy because of the high amount of lipooligosaccharides in the membrane (6); the So93 rough colonies lack this amount (2).

Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium ...