S-carboxymethylcysteine inhibits the attachment of Streptococcus pneumoniae to human pharyngeal epithelial cells

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Cakan, Gulcin ^a   Turkoz, Mustafa ^a   Turan, Tolga ^a   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial adherence; Bacterial attachment; Epithelial cells; Mucosa; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

CARBOCISTEINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0038023151     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0882-4010(03)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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