Article
Adhesive properties of Haemophilus influenzae to different human cells.
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 1991
Jallat C, Darfeuille-Michaud A, Joly B
Abstract excerpt
The adhesion of 19 nontypable strains and 3 typable (type b) Haemophilus influenzae to human cells was examined using buccal epithelial cells (BEC), the continuous HEp-2 cell line and human 0 erythrocytes. The strains were classified into three phenotypes, according to their adhesive properties. Phenotype 1 consists of strains that adhere to both buccal epithelial cells and HEp-2 cells. Phenotype 2 consists of...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Carcinoma
- Cheek
- Erythrocytes
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Laryngeal Neoplasms
- Microscopy, Electron
- Phenotype
