Journal article
Oral infection of mice with Salmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium causes meningitis and infection of the brain
Abstract
BackgroundSalmonella meningitis is a rare and serious infection of the central nervous system following acute Salmonella enterica sepsis. For this pathogen, no appropriate model has been reported in which to examine infection kinetics and natural dissemination to the brain.MethodsFive mouse lines including C57BL/6, Balb/c, 129S6-Slc11a1tm1Mcg, 129S1/SvImJ, B6.129-Inpp5dtm1Rkhwere used in the murine typhoid model to examine the dissemination of …
Authors
Wickham ME; Brown NF; Provias J; Finlay BB; Coombes BK
Journal
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2007
DOI
10.1186/1471-2334-7-65
ISSN
1471-2334