Abstract:
:Mycobacterium marinum grows at an optimal temperature of 33 degrees C, far lower than that for M. tuberculosis. Consequently, M. marinum infection of mammals is restricted largely to the cooler surfaces of the body, such as the extremities, but it causes a systemic infection in a large number of poikilothermic animals. Here, we describe a laboratory animal model for M. marinum disease in the leopard frog (Rana pipiens), a natural host species. M. marinum causes a chronic granulomatous, nonlethal disease in immunocompetent frogs. Immunosuppression of the frogs with hydrocortisone results in an acute, fulminant, lethal disease. This animal model, in which a spectrum of tuberculosis-like disease can be produced, will be useful for the dissection of the genetic basis of mycobacterial pathogenesis.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Ramakrishnan L,Valdivia RH,McKerrow JH,Falkow Sdoi
10.1128/IAI.65.2.767-773.1997subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-02-01 00:00:00pages
767-73issue
2eissn
0019-9567issn
1098-5522journal_volume
65pub_type
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