Electronic cigarette vapour enhances pneumococcal adherence to airway epithelial cells under abnormal conditions of exposure

Eur Respir J. 2018 Sep 6;52(3):1800915. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00915-2018. Print 2018 Sep.

Authors

Massimo Caruso¹, Rosalia Emma¹, Virginia Fuochi², Pio M Furneri^{2

3}, Riccardo Polosa^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (MEDCLIN), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Dept of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
³ Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

PMID: 30190260
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00915-2018

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems*
Epithelial Cells
Respiratory System
Streptococcus pneumoniae