Dynamics of Escherichia coli infection and meningitis in infant rats.

Abstract:

:Escherichia coli strains isolated from newborn infants were injected intraperitoneally into infant rats. Strains possessing the K1 capsular polysaccharide antigen were significantly more virulent than strains lacking this antigen. When 5-day-old animals were injected with 1.2 X 10(1) colony forming units of a K1 E. coli strain (serotype O18ac:K1:H7), about 80% had bacteria isolated from their blood. Forty-eight percent of bacteremic animals had positive cerebrospinal fluid cultures. The development of bacteremia with greater than 10(4) colony-forming units per ml of blood correlated with positive cultures of cerebrospinal fluid. Some animals, studied with serial blood cultures, were able to clear bacteria spontaneously from their blood, whereas others succumbed to infection within 48 h of challenge. The susceptibility of infant rats to E. coli infection was age dependent and appeared related to the K1 antigen.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Bortolussi R,Ferrieri P,Wannamaker LW

doi

10.1128/IAI.22.2.480-485.1978

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1978-11-01 00:00:00

pages

480-5

issue

2

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

22

pub_type

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