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Invasion of HEp-2 cells by strains of Salmonella typhimurium of different virulence in relation to gastroenteritis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 1991
Douce G R, Amin I I, Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Experiments to measure the invasiveness of seven strains of Salmonella typhimurium for HEp-2 cells showed that high inocula (100 bacteria/HEp-2 cell), as used by most workers to synchronise events and to increase the number of bacteria which invade, resulted in recovery of significantly less than 1% of the original inoculum after treatment with gentamicin to kill extracellular bacteria. Also, the cell culture...
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