Adherence to HEp-2 cells and enteropathogenic potential of Aeromonas spp.

doi:10.1017/s0950268800068217

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Adherence to HEp-2 cells and enteropathogenic potential of Aeromonas spp.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 1993

Grey P A, Kirov S M

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Aeromonas strains (total = 60) of clinical, water and food origin were tested for adherence to HEp-2 cells. Environmental strains were selected (except for A. caviae) to include primarily those expressing other virulence-associated properties. Adhesion was markedly species-dependent (A. veronii b...

Topics

Aeromonas
Bacterial Adhesion
Cytotoxins
Diarrhea
Enterotoxins
Food Microbiology
Hemolysin Proteins
Humans
Microbiological Techniques
Phenotype
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Virulence
Water Microbiology

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