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Adherence and Streptococcus mutans infections: in vitro study with saliva from noninfected and infected preschool children.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 34 ·No. 2 ·1981-11-00 ·Pages 633-6

Köhler B, Krasse B, Carlén A

Abstract

An in vitro adherence experiment was designed to mimic the transmission of Streptococcus mutans from mother to child to test the hypothesis that differences in initial adherence reflect differences in susceptibility to infection. The data show that the pretreatment of S. mutans cells with the saliva of the mother in a mother-child pair and the pretreatment of spheroidal hydroxyapatite with that of the child may result in combinations which counteract or foster the initial adherence to a varying extent. The findings indicate that such combinations may determine the risk of S. mutants infection.

MeSH Terms
Adhesiveness Adult Child Durapatite Female Humans Hydroxyapatites Risk Saliva/physiology Streptococcal Infections/microbiology Streptococcus mutans/physiology
Chemicals
Hydroxyapatites Durapatite
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Köhler B
Krasse B
Carlén A
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
DOI
10.1128/iai.34.2.633-636.1981
Published
1981-11-00
Pages
633-6
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC350914
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.34.2.633-636.1981 PMC Full Text View journal details
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