The fate of human and bovine tubercle bacilli in various organs of the rabbit.
The fate of human and bovine tubercle bacilli in various organs of the rabbit.
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.48.2.155
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发表时间:
1928-08-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
Lurie, MB
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Lurie, MB
The fate of tubercle bacilli in the lung, liver, spleen, kidney and bone marrow of rabbits infected intravenously with varying doses of human and bovine tubercle bacilli was followed by determining the number of colonies of tubercle bacilli recoverable from comparable quantites of tissue on egg media at varying intervals during the course of infection. The original distribution of the bacilli to the various organs followed the distribution of particulate matter in the following order per gm. of tissue: spleen, liver, lung, bone marrow, kidney. At first the tubercle bacilli, both of human and bovine types, grow in all the organs, but the rate of growth of the 2 types differs in the various organs. The human type grows faster in the several organs of the rabbit than does the bovine type. This more rapid growth of the human type is followed by an earlier and more complete destruction. With both types, destruction occurs first in the liver, spleen and bone marrow. In the lung and kidney, destruction of the human type takes place later, and unchecked multiplication of the bovine type continues in these organs until death of the animal. With smaller doses of the human type, destruction is brought about later in the liver, spleen and bone marrow than with larger doses. With both types, in a given time, destruction is more complete in some organs after a large than after a small dose. It is suggested that the virulence of a mammalian tubercle bacillus for rabbits is partly inversely related to the rate of its initial growth. The human type grows faster in the body of the rabbit and brings about an earlier altered body reaction and destruction of the organism than does the more slowly growing bovine type. Destruction in the various organs is rapid at first and progresses more slowly as time passes. Some evidence is presented that this acquired resistance to tuberculosis in the various organs is an increment of their natural resistance to tubercle bacilli.