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An antibiotic resistant experimental model of Pseudomonas osteomyelitis

Experimentelles Modell zur antibiotikaresistenten Pseudomonas-Osteomyelitis

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We report a model of chronicPseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis in the rat that was reproducible, simple and inexpensive. No promoting agent was required to cause infection. Infected animals yielded consistent pseudomonal colony counts (log): 4.98±0.32 (SD)/g cortical tibia (n=16). The 95% confidence interval of the mean was 4.83 −5.14. The inoculum required to infect 50% of challenged rats (ID50) was log 4.0; the ID 100 was log 6.4. Ceftazidime (50 mg/kg/8 h, subcutaneously), alone and in combination with tobramycin (40 mg/kg/12 h, subcutaneously), produced no significant change in quantitative bacterial count or gross bone pathology when used to treat established disease.

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Wir berichten über ein einfaches, reproduzierbares und wenig aufwendiges Modell einer chronischenPseudomonas aeruginosa — Osteomyelitis bei der Ratte. Die Infektion konnte ohne Zusatzstoffe ausgelöst werden. Bei infizierten Tieren wurden in der Kortikalis der Tibia regelmäßig Pseudomonas-Koloniebildnerzahlen (log) von 4,98±0,32 /SD)/g nachgewiesen. Das 95% Vertrauensintervall für die Mittelwerte war 4,83−5,14. Für die Infektion von 50% der Tiere (ID50) war ein Inokulum von log 4 erforderlich; die ID100 betrug log 6,4. Eine subkutane Behandlung mit Ceftazidim (50 mg/kg alle 8 h) allein oder in Kombination mit Tobramycin (40 mg/kg alle 12 h) führte zu keinen signifikanten Änderungen in den Koloniebildnerzahlen oder pathologisch-anatomischen Knochenläsionen, wenn die Krankheit bereits manifest war.

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Nelson, D.R., Buxton, T.B., Luu, Q.N. et al. An antibiotic resistant experimental model of Pseudomonas osteomyelitis. Infection 18, 246–248 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643399

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