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Rabbit model to evaluate enterovirulence of Bacteroides fragilis
L L Myers1, D S Shoop, J E Collins
1Veterinary Research Laboratory, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis elicited fluid accumulation in the intestinal tract and exfoliation of epithelial cells in the proximal colon of the 2-week-old rabbit. The rabbit model was employed to screen isolates of B. fragilis for enterovirulence and to study the pathogenesis of disease caused by enterotoxigenic B. fragilis.