[Factors intervening in the variations of in vitro adhesion power of enterotoxinogenic colibacillus (ETEC) to human enterocytes].

Article

[Factors intervening in the variations of in vitro adhesion power of enterotoxinogenic colibacillus (ETEC) to human enterocytes].

Pathologie-biologie - 1 Mar 1991

Darfeuille-Michaud A, Aubel D, Forestier C, Rich C, Joly B

Abstract excerpt

Human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli adhere to the brush border of human enterocytes. The mean number of bacteria adhering to one enterocyte (adhesion index) varied from 0.5 to 3.1 when the strains produce adhesins. Different factors related to enterocytes and to bacteria are involved in this v...

Topics

Age Factors
Bacterial Adhesion
Colony Count, Microbial
Culture Media
Erythrocytes
Escherichia coli
Humans
Infant
Intestines
Phenotype

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