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Microbiol Immunol
; 46(6): 359-63, 2002.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12153112
RESUMO
A cell-associated mannose-resistant hemagglutinating factor (HAF) was extracted from enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) serotype O124:H- by sonication. Ultrastructural analysis of EIEC and immunocytochemical assays with the cell-free HAF and EIEC bacterial cells on HeLa cells, suggested that the HAF is a non-fimbrial putative adhesive factor that mediates in vivo adherence of EIEC to human epithelial cells.