-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Group A streptococci isolated from skin adhere in greater numbers to human skin epithelial cells than to cells obtained from buccal mucosa whereas streptococci isolated from a throat tend to adhere in greater numbers to buccal epithelial cells than to skin epithelial cells in vitro. M protein-producing strains of group A streptococci did not adhere in significantly greater numbers than M-negative strains. Lipoteichoic acid inhibited binding of streptococci to skin epithelial cells as well as was previously shown for oral epithelial cells. Our results suggest that lipoteichoic acid is more centrally involved than M protein in binding streptococci to skin and mucosal surfaces.
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
November 1986,
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie, und Hygiene. Series A, Medical microbiology, infectious diseases, virology, parasitology,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
April 1978,
Infection and immunity,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
January 1983,
Infection and immunity,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
February 1980,
Infection and immunity,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
November 1979,
Infection and immunity,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
August 1980,
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie. 1. Abt. Originale. A: Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
June 1981,
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
August 1999,
Microbial pathogenesis,
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
August 1978,
Science (New York, N.Y.),
M Alkan, and
I Ofek, and
E H Beachey
January 1983,
Folia microbiologica,
