Abstract
Among 58 Escherichia coli urosepsis isolates, P1-antigen-containing dove and pigeon egg whites were significantly more effective inhibitors of P- adhesin-specific agglutination than were chicken egg whites or globoside. Globoside's inefficacy may have resulted from a proadherence effect of globoside's lipid tail. Adhesin phenotypes determined with dove and pigeon egg whites as agglutination inhibitors corresponded closely with phenotypes defined by comparative hemagglutination of human P1 and p erythrocytes. These data suggest that avian P1-antigen-containing substances may provide a useful alternative method for P adhesin inhibition among uropathogenic E. coli strains.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4902-4905 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Infection and immunity |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 11 |
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State | Published - 1993 |