Lafontaine Eric R, Wall David, Vanlerberg Serena L, Donabedian Haig, Sledjeski Darren D
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43614-5806, USA.
Infect Immun. 2004 Nov;72(11):6689-93. doi: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6689-6693.2004.
The pathogens Streptococcus pyogenes and Moraxella catarrhalis colonize overlapping regions of the human nasopharynx. We have found that M. catarrhalis can dramatically increase S. pyogenes adherence to human epithelial cells and that species-specific coaggregation of these bacteria correlates with this enhanced adherence.
病原体化脓性链球菌和卡他莫拉菌定殖于人类鼻咽的重叠区域。我们发现,卡他莫拉菌可显著增加化脓性链球菌对人上皮细胞的黏附,且这些细菌的种特异性共聚作用与这种增强的黏附相关。