SPORADIC INVASION OF CULTURED EPITHELIAL-CELLS BY HAEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE TYPE-B

Authors
JOHNSON PDR OPPEDISANO F BENNETTWOOD V GILBERT GL ROBINSBROWNE RM
Citation
Pdr. Johnson et al., SPORADIC INVASION OF CULTURED EPITHELIAL-CELLS BY HAEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE TYPE-B, Infection and immunity, 64(3), 1996, pp. 1051-1053
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1051 - 1053
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1996)64:3<1051:SIOCEB>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
While working with an in vitro invasion assay, we observed that Haemop hilus influenzae type b occasionally exhibits highly invasive behavior . The phenomenon is not inhibited by colchicine or cytochalasin but is dependent on the presence of supplemental CO2. We propose that sporad ic invasiveness may correlate with the unknown events that precede Hae mophilus influenzae type b bacteremia.