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Bacterial adherence to pharyngeal cells in smokers, nonsmokers, and chronic bronchitics.

Selective adherence to host mucosal surfaces is probably a requirement for colonization and infection by bacteria. Since pharyngeal colonization may be an important determinant in the pathogenesis of pneumonia, we studied the adherence of 10 different bacteria to pharyngeal cells obtained from nonsm...

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Main Authors: Fainstein, V, Musher, D M
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC414591/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40879
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