Experimental prostatitis in nonhuman primates: I. Bacterial adherence in the urethra.
Both man and monkey possess urothelial (transitional cell) receptors for P-fimbriae of Escherichia coli; however, the male urethra has pseudostratified columnar cells. We studied adherence using scanning electron microscopy and found that P-fimbriae were the principal mediators of adherence to these cells as well. The monkey, therefore, should be a good model for the study of the ascending route of infection in prostatitis, the route thought to occur in man.
Dilworth
J P
JP
Department of Urology, Delta Regional Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana 70433.
Neal
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DE
Fussell
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Roberts
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JA
D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure