The ability of Group A streptococcus to adhere to immortalized human skin versus throat cell lines does not reflect their predicted tissue tropism J.M.S. Loh, J.-Y.C. Tsai, T. Proft Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 23, Issue 9, Pages 677.e1-677.e3 (September 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.03.011 Copyright © 2017 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The ability of different Group A streptococcus strains to adhere to Detroit 562 or HaCat monolayers was calculated after conducting a 1-h adherence assay. Data combines three individual experiments and are shown as the mean+SD. (a) Data expressed as a ratio of HaCat : Detroit 562 binding. (b) Data were grouped by inferred emm pattern and analyzed by one-way analysis of variance with Tukey's multiple comparisson test. *p <0.0005. (c) Adherence of emm pattern D strains was grouped by site of infection and analyzed by unpaired t-test. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2017 23, 677.e1-677.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2017.03.011) Copyright © 2017 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions