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Acta Microbiol Pol
; 52(4): 419-23, 2003.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15095929
RESUMO
The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence of 83 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from humans and different animals to trypsin-treated buccal cells. We have demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa attached to trypsin-treated buccal cells in far greater numbers than to cells from controls (normal buccal epithelial cells). The mean number of bacteria adhering to trypsin-treated cells amounted 107.05 +/- 102.16 and to normal cells - 6.97 +/- 3.53. We conclude that exposure of cells to proteolytic enzymes increases Pseudomonas aeruginosa binding to buccal cells.