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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
The adherence of staphylococci to monolayers of human mesothelial cells was studied. Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to mesothelial cell monolayers was 3.4-fold better than to plastic (P less than .01) whereas that of Staphylococcus epidermidis was 3.0-fold less than to plastic (P less than .01). Neither serum albumin nor gelatin inhibited staphylococcal binding. S. aureus adherence correlated with the amount of cell wall protein A (r = .63, P less than .05) but not with fibronectin binding; it was significantly inhibited by the addition of purified cell wall lipoteichoic acid (55% +/- 2.7%), teichoic acid (34.5% +/- 3.4%), and protein A (25.6% +/- 2.9%) but not peptidoglycan. Protein A- and teichoic acid-deficient mutants adhered less well than their parent strains, and encapsulated S. epidermidis adhere well to human monothelial cells. Staphylococcal binding may involve cell wall lipoteichoic acid, teichoic acid, and protein A.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
266-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Adherence of peritonitis-causing staphylococci to human peritoneal mesothelial cell monolayers.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Utrecht Medical School, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't