title: Variations in buccal cell adhesion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
abstract: Human buccal cells were found to vary in their day-to-day capacity to support attachment of certain strains of gonococci. Gonococci serially cultured in vitro also differed in their day-to-day ability to attach to buccal cells.
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek / Q000382:microbiology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000502:physiology*; D014019:Tissue Donors