Adhesion of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri to guinea-pig colonic epithelial cells in vitro

Abstract
Summary Adhesion of bacteria to guinea-pig colonic epithelial cells in vitro was inhibited by fucose with all the four strains tested (two of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and two of S. flexneri). N-acetyl neuraminic acid and N-acetyl mannosamine also caused inhibition, suggesting a multiplicity of receptors on the epithelial cell. Congo-red binding of the strains correlated with their adhesive ability, whereas haemagglutination of rabbit erythrocytes by the bacteria did not.

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