THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE LUNGS OF MICE FOLLOWING INHALATION

1. When mice are exposed to an atmosphere containing cultures of bacteria in the form of a fine mist, the bacteria readily penetrate into the lower respiratory tract. 2. Pneumococci which have reached the lung as a result of this procedure usually disappear within a few hours and give rise to no inf...

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Autor principal: Stillman, Ernest G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1923
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2128435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19868777
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Sumario:1. When mice are exposed to an atmosphere containing cultures of bacteria in the form of a fine mist, the bacteria readily penetrate into the lower respiratory tract. 2. Pneumococci which have reached the lung as a result of this procedure usually disappear within a few hours and give rise to no infection. Hemolytic streptococci, on the other hand, persist in the lung for a considerably longer time and a general septicemia usually follows. 3. Attempts to determine the conditions under which pneumococci which have reached the lung by inhalation may induce a local or general infection have not been successful.

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