The significance of secondary gram-negative coliform infection of the lungs of mice with influenzal pneumonitis.
Influenza-virus-induced pneumonia of mice was consistently shown to be associated with secondary infection with coliform organisms. Treatment with gentamicin effectively sterilized the lungs of these mice but had no effect on either mortality or extent of the pneumonic process. The significance of these findings is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D014774:Virulence
D005839:Gentamicins