title: Bacteriologic cultural examination of the lower respiratory tract of laboratory dogs.
abstract: During lung transplantation experiments, the lower respiratory tracts of dogs were examined by bacteriologic cultural technique pre- and postoperatively. Three methods were used to obtain culture material: transtracheal aspiration, lung puncture, and lung biopsy collection. Both before and after operation, infections were commonplace. Antibiotics given at the time of operation tended to suppress infection.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous