Article
Blood group phenotype determines lectin-mediated adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to human outer ear canal epithelium.
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 1995
Steuer M K, Beuth J, Hofstädter F, Pröbster L, Ko H L, Pulverer G, Strutz J
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent bacterial pathogen causing acute diffuse otitis externa. In a recent prospective phase II study we demonstrated that lectin-mediated bacterial adhesion can be blocked by receptor-analogue carbohydrates in patients suffering from Pseudomonas aeruginosa-i...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Ear Canal
- Epithelium
- Epitopes
- Europe
- Female
- Humans
- Lectins
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Otitis Externa
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies