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Colony Forming Cell (CFC) Assay for Human Hematopoietic Cells
Published on: December 19, 2010
人間の赤血球におけるバルトネッラ・クインタナ菌
Jean-Marc Rolain1, Cédric Foucault, Régis Guieu
1Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UPRES-A 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 23, 2002
まとめ
Bartonella quintanaバクテリアは,症状のない感染症のホームレス個人の赤血球の中に発見されました. この赤血球内部の存在は,体が細菌を効率的に伝達する方法を説明するかもしれません.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 寄生虫学とは,寄生虫学である.
背景:
- Bartonella quintanaは慢性無症状の感染症を引き起こし,主にボディ・ウイスによって感染する.
- 症状のない感染の際に宿主体内の細菌の位置は不明である.
- ホームレス集団は,特にボディ・ラウスが媒介する病気に脆弱である.
研究 の 目的:
- 症状のない個体において,バルトネッラ・クインタナの腸内赤血球内での存在を調査する.
- 赤血球のコロニー化がバルトネッラ・クインタナ感染症の特徴であるかどうかを判断する.
- 病気の伝播に対する赤血球内細菌の影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- Bartonella quintanaの検出のために特定のモノクローナル抗体を利用しました.
- レーザーコンフォカル顕微鏡を用いて,赤血球内の細菌を視覚化しました.
- フランス,マルセイユのホームレス集団から採取した血液サンプルにおける量化細菌負荷.
主要な成果:
- 症状のない細菌血症を有する個体において,バルトネラ・クインタナの腸内赤血球性存在が実証された.
- コロニー形成単位/mLで少なくとも5×10(4) のバクテリアの負荷が細胞内感染症の予測力として特定されました.
- 腸内赤血球 Bartonella quintana 感染症に関連した血液溶解の証拠は見つかりませんでした.
結論:
- Bartonella quintanaによる赤血球のコロニー化は,症状のない感染症で発生する.
- 腸内赤血球の存在は,おそらく,体による効率的な伝播を促進します.
- この感染症の病原性と長期的な影響を理解するためにさらなる研究が必要です.
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