[Proteus adhesion to intestinal epithelium].

The adhesive properties of Proteus strains isolated from different sources have been studied under conditions similar to the real interaction of microorganisms with the epithelial cells of intestine. A comparison of the adhesive properties of Proteus and of colon Bacillus has shown that the value of the strong adhesion to the mucosa of Proteus isolated under enterocolitis at the same bulk concentrations of the infectious suspension is 2-3 order less than that of E. coli.

[The effect of subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on the adhesion of enterobacteria].

It is impossible to determine rigidly a net result of the influence of antibiotics on the interaction between parasite and host cells, as many factors participating in this process are not studied. Adhesion of microorganisms is one of the essential mechanisms of the above interaction. Antibiotics with a different mechanism of action in the subinhibitory concentrations affecting viability of microbes either slightly or nowise have been studied for their effect on adhesion on a model of the intestine section of human embryos and experimental animals.