Pneumococcal adherence to human epithelial cells.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 23 ·No. 2 ·1979-02-00 ·Pages 545-8

Selinger DS, Reed WP

Abstract

Evidence is presented that pneumococci adhere poorly to oropharyngeal cells in vitro and that the capsule may interfere with adherence. A brief survey indicated that pneumococci may also adhere poorly in vivo.

MeSH Terms

Epithelium/microbiology Humans Oropharynx/cytology,microbiology Pneumococcal Infections/microbiology Polysaccharides, Bacterial/physiology Streptococcus pneumoniae/physiology

Chemicals

Polysaccharides, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Selinger D S

Reed W P

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13 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.23.2.545-548.1979

Published

1979-02-00

Pages

545-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC414198

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.23.2.545-548.1979 PMC Full Text View journal details

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