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Role of polymorphonuclear neutrophils on infectious complications stemming from Enterococcus faecalis oral infection in thermally injured mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 2008
Tsuda Yasuhiro, Shigematsu Kenji, Kobayashi Makiko, Herndon David N, Suzuki Fujio
Abstract excerpt
Thermally injured mice are susceptible to Enterococcus faecalis translocation. In this study, the role of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) on the development of sepsis stemming from E. faecalis translocation was studied in SCID-beige (SCIDbg) mice depleted of PMN (SCIDbgN mice) or macrophages (Mphi) and PMN (SCIDbgMN mice). Sepsis was not developed in SCIDbgN mice orally infected with E. faecalis, while the...
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