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Establishment of experimental murine peritonitis model with hog gastric mucin for carbapenem- resistant gram-negative bacteria

  • The Catholic University of Korea

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Abstract

Animal models are essential to studies of infectious diseases. The use of mice to test bacterial infection has been extensively reported. However, methods applied to clinical isolates, particularly for carbapenem-resistant bacteria, must be tailored according to the infection models and bacteria used. In this study, we infected 6-week-old female BALB/c mice intraperitoneally with different strains of resistant bacteria plus 3% hog gastric mucin. This method was found to be efficient and readily applicable for investigation of carbapenem-resisant Gram-negative pathogens (e.g., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii) detected in Korea.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-61
Number of pages5
JournalInfection and Chemotherapy
Volume49
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases.

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Drug resistance
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Laboratory animal models
  • Multidrug resistance
  • Peritonitis

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