[Adherence to the gastrointestinal wall and potential pathogenicity of gastrointestinal germs].
Under certain circumstances--invasion of adhesive germs, abundant reproduction of the germs at the mucosa, a lowered resistance of the body--the adhesive flora can become a pathogenic factor itself. All hitherto known researchers point out that, in this connection, adhesions at the small intestinal wall is of main importance, as could be shown by our experiment with gnotobiotic rats, too. From the results of our experiments regarding the adhesion mechanisms, we conclude that the possibilities of prophylaxis and therapy of gastrointestinal disturbances induced by microbial effects could be extended by means of aimed inhibition of such adhesion forces.
D000268:Adhesiveness; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology
Wandbesiedlung und potentielle Pathogenität von Gastrointestinalkeimen.