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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells
Published on: May 16, 2011
Aggregation substance increases adherence and internalization, but not translocation, of Enterococcus faecalis
S Sartingen1, E Rozdzinski, A Muscholl-Silberhorn
1Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Infection and Immunity
|September 19, 2000
Abstract:
The aggregation substance of Enterococcus faecalis increased bacterial adherence to and internalization by epithelial cells originating from the colon and duodenum but not by cells derived from the ileum. However, enterococcal translocation through monolayers of intestinal epithelium was not observed.
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