Antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide affect bacterial adherence and multiplication.
AUTOR(ES)
van Alphen, L
RESUMO
Since immunization of infants with conjugated Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) capsular polysaccharide (PS) vaccines results in a reduction of colonization, we determined the inhibitory effect of anti-Hib PS on two steps in the colonization, i.e., adherence of H. influenzae to nasopharyngeal epithelium and bacterial growth. Monoclonal antibody (MAb) E117-5 specific for Hib PS inhibited at a concentration of at least 80 microg/ml in vitro the adherence of Hib strain 770235f+b+ to oropharyngeal epithelial cells by 50% (P <, 0.02), but this MAb and sera from children immunized with Hib PS conjugate vaccine (n = 10) were not inhibitory in final dilutions containing up to 20 microg of anti-Hib PS per ml. The growth of Hib strain 770235f+b+ did completely stop in the presence of 5 microg of anti-Hib PS MAb E117-5 per ml and human sera with an anti-Hib PS concentration of 2 microg/ml or more, in contrast to the growth of the nonencapsular variant strain 770235f+b0.
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