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J E FABER

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PubMed1965

USE OF LIGATED SEGMENTS OF RABBIT SMALL INTESTINE IN EXPERIMENTAL SHIGELLOSIS.

Arm, H. G. (Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Md.), T. M. Floyd, J. E. Faber, and J. R. Hayes. Use of ligated segments of rabbit small intestine in experimental shigellosis. J. Bacteriol. 89:803-809. 1965.-Inoculation of ligated segments of small intestine in living rabbits with broth cultures or resting-cell suspensions of recently isolated strains of Shigella caused distension of the segments by accumulation of exudate within 12 hr. Histological changes characteristic of an inflammatory response were similar to those of human bacillary dysentery. Tissue response and accumulation of exudate preceded demonstrable increase in numbers of shigellae inoculated as 2 x 10(10) resting cells. Capability of shigellae to provoke intestinal response was not related to any particular serological group. The active principles concerned with eliciting intestinal response were associated only with preparations containing living organisms. Ability of recently isolated strains to elicit response diminished rapidly during culture on artificial media. The capability was preserved indefinitely by lyophilization soon after isolation from acute bacillary dysentery infections of man. Advantages of using shigellae recently isolated for investigating possible mechanisms of pathogenesis were indicated. During the summer months, the rabbit small intestine was refractory to the activity of shigellae, and positive responses were not observed. Use of ligated segments of rabbit small intestine qualified as an indicator of virulence for the rabbit; and, virulence for the rabbit showed a high degree of correlation with a short period of culture of shigellae on artificial media after isolation from human bacillary dysentery infections.

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PubMed1964

AEROSOLS AS A SOURCE OF WIDESPREAD MYCOPLASMA CONTAMINATION OF TISSUE CULTURES.

Mycoplasma isolates were cultured from 15 antibiotic-free cell cultures obtained from a single laboratory. Complement-fixation tests showed that these isolates were antigenically related to each other but were unrelated to M. hominis type 1, M. hominis type 2, M. arthritidis, M. laidlawii type B, Mycoplasma sp. H.Ep. #2 (Barile), or M. salivarium. Examination of serum used to feed the infected cell lines revealed no Mycoplasma. Infection resulting from cross-contamination by a single Mycoplasma strain from one cell culture to another was investigated. Although the organisms were not found in the air over the work area, aerosols containing these contaminants were produced in tissue culture bottles during the trypsinization of cell monolayers. The minimal infectious dose of Mycoplasma for tissue cultures was measured, and it was determined that one organism was capable of initiating an infection in a tissue culture. The pattern of contamination and the small dose required for infection indicated that Mycoplasma contamination was spread from one tissue culture to another via aerosols. It was demonstrated that Mycoplasma can be transferred from one cell culture to another through the use of a common burette for dispensing medium.

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PubMed1962

A transparent solid medium for growth enhancement of Pasteurella tularensis.

A transparent plating medium capable of initiating early and rapid growth of the SCHU S4 strain of Pasteurella tularensis is described. On this medium, colonies 1 mm in diameter were obtained following 29 hr of incubation at high humidity. To obtain this growth enhancement, blood factors were provided in the form of a peptic digest of hemoglobin and a saline wash of red blood cells (rabbit). In the basal medium, the presence of both 0.5% l-cysteine-HCl, and sodium thioglycolate, was required to achieve this growth response.

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