Attachment of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae to human pharyngeal epithelial cells mediated by a ganglioside receptor

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 697-702

  Kawakami, Kenji ^a   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a   Utsunomiya, Yoshiaki ^a   Rikitomi, Naoto ^a   Hori, Akihiro ^a   Oishi, Kazunori ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment; Ganglioside; Haemophilus influenzae; Receptor

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031787323     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02342.x     Document Type: Article

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