Pneumococcal adherence to human epithelial cells
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 23 (2) , 545-548
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.23.2.545-548.1979
Abstract
Evidence is presented that pneumococci adhere poorly to oropharyngeal cells in vitro and that the capsule may interfere with adherence. A brief survey indicated that pneumococci may also adhere poorly in vivo.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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