The effect of cigarette smoke on adherence of respiratory pathogens to buccal epithelial cells

• Published in: FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 27 - 36
• Main Authors: El Ahmer, Omar R., Essery, Stephen D., Saadi, Abdulrahman T., Raza, Muhammed W., Ogilvie, Marie M., Weir, Donald M., Blackwell, C. Caroline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1999; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adults; Antigens; Bacteria; Binding; Bordetella pertussis; Cell surface; Children; Cigarette smoke; Cigarettes; Dilution; Epithelial cells; Exposure; Flow cytometry; Fluorescein; Fluorescein isothiocyanate; Haemophilus influenzae; Health risks; Infections; Meningitis; Meningococcus; Moraxella catarrhalis; Mucosa; Neisseria lactamica; Pertussis; Pneumococcus; Receptors; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory tract; Respiratory tract diseases; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Smoke; Smoking; Species; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus infections; Tobacco smoke; Pneumococcus; Cigarette smoke; Meningococcus

Abstract Smoking is associated with an increased risk of respiratory tract infection in adults. In children, exposure to cigarette smoke is a risk factor for respiratory tract infection and bacterial meningitis. Active smoking and passive exposure to cigarette smoke is also associated with carriage...