On the morphology of experimental streptococcus infection in rabbits with a primary intradermal focus

Summary

The development of experimental intracutaneous streptococcus foci (178 in number) in 65 rabbits was subjected to a complex (morphological and bacteriological) investigation; the effect of these foci upon the condition of internal organs was also studied. Group A (first serological type) streptococcus culture was tered according to Griffiths. The experiments lasted from 1 to 120 hours. Local infectious processes progress up to the time when the abscesses are formed-72 hours. A significant proliferative reaction around these foci is noted only after 120 hours, when it is already impossible to isolate the microbes from the foci. There were no changes in the internal organs connected with the presence of the streptococcus foci.