Author:
Carrizosa J,Tanphaichitra D,Levison M E
Abstract
A serum-resistant strain of Bacterioides fragilis that did not produce heparinase was used to study the characteristics of B. fragilis endocarditis in the rabbit experimental model. The infective dose required to produce endocarditis in 50% of rabbits was significantly lower for rabbits with left-sided intracardiac catheters (log10 6.3 colony-forming units +/- 0.6/ml) as compared with right-sided intracardiac catheters (log10 7.7 colony-forming units +/- 0.8/ml). After 3 days of infection, bacterial titers of the tricuspid vegetations were significantly lower than titers of aortic vegetations (P less than 0.01), although at 5 days the titers were similar (P greater than 0.05). The weights of tricuspid vegetations, although similar at 3 days (P less than 0.05). There were no spontaneous deaths during 12 days of infection. In rabbits with the catheter removed before infection, bacterial titers were similar to those titers in rabbits with the catheter continuously in place. This model will permit study of various drug regimens for treatment of this disease.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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