Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Abstract
A rat model of chronic staphylococcal osteomyelitis was developed. Fibrin glue (5 microliters) and Staphylococcus aureus (2 x 10(6) CFU/5 microliters) were inoculated into the proximal metaphysis of the tibia. The rats were killed at intervals of between 1 and 6 months, and the tibias were removed. Induced lesions were evaluated by radiographic, macroscopic, and histological examinations and bacterial counts. Roentgenograms revealed osteomyelitis in more than 90% of the tibias. Gross bone pathology revealed skeletal deformation, new bone formation, abscesses, and draining skin fistulas in more than 80% of cases. Histological examination revealed osteomyelitis in more than 90% of cases, and bacterial counts were positive in 86% of cases. Only fibrin glue (5 microliters) was inoculated into controls. Controls showed no osteomyelitic lesions, and counts were negative in seven of eight control tibias. The main feature of this model is the use of fibrin glue instead of the sclerosing agents and foreign bodies used in other models. The model reproduces lesions similar to those of human posttraumatic osteomyelitis and can be reliably used in pathophysiological and therapeutic studies.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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