AEROMONAS SPECIES EXHIBIT AGGREGATIVE ADHERENCE TO HEP-2 CELLS

Authors
NEVES MS NUNES MP MILHOMEM AM
Citation
Ms. Neves et al., AEROMONAS SPECIES EXHIBIT AGGREGATIVE ADHERENCE TO HEP-2 CELLS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(4), 1994, pp. 1130-1131
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1130 - 1131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:4<1130:ASEAAT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Clinical and environmental isolates of Aeromonas species (five A. hydr ophila isolates, three A. caviae isolates, and two A. sobria isolates) were tested for their adherence to HEp-2 cells. Clinical isolates of A. hydrophila and A. sobria exhibited aggregative adherence similar to that presented by enteroadherent-aggregative Escherichia coli. Bacter ial aggregates adhered to cells with a typical ''stacked-brick'' appea rance. In contrast, A. caviae strains showed a diffuse adherence patte rn.