A Murine Model for Infection with Burkholderia cepacia with Sustained Persistence in the Spleen
AUTOR(ES)
Speert, David P.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Burkholderia cepacia is an opportunistic pathogen that causes severe systemic infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) or with cystic fibrosis (CF), but its mechanisms of virulence are poorly understood. We developed a murine model of systemic infection in wild-type (WT) and gamma interferon knockout (GKO) BALB/c mice to facilitate dissection of components of pathogenicity and host defense. Both WT and GKO mice were susceptible to chronic splenic infection with B. cepacia, but not with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. B. cepacia strains from patients with CGD persisted longer than those from CF patients. C57BL/6 mice were the most susceptible murine strain; bacteria persisted in the spleen for 2 months. DBA/2, BALB/c, and A/J strains of mice were relatively resistant to infection. Certain strains of B. cepacia complex can persist in the murine spleen after systemic infection; this may provide clues to its virulence in compromised hosts, such as those with CGD and CF.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=96694Documentos Relacionados
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