Research Article

The adherence of pilate and non-pilate strains of neisseria gonorrhoeae to human and guinea-pig epithelial tissues

Journal of Medical Microbiology 1976; 9(3):263 · https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-9-3-263

View at publisher PubMed

Abstract

Since gonococci adhered to all tissues examined, their ability to infect human endocervix and fallopian tube and their failure to infect human ectocervix or guinea-pig urogenital tract mucosae are determined by factors other than a capacity for primary adherence to the tissue.