title: The HID50 (hypothermia-inducing dose 50): an alternative to the LD50 for measurement of bacterial virulence.
abstract: A group of 40 mice involved in bacterial LD50 estimations was monitored over a period of 4 days by two teams of observers. One team measured the colonic temperature of the mice, the other assessed them clinically and killed those they judged terminally ill. The temperatures of all mice considered terminally ill dropped before this judgement was made. Measurement of such infection-induced hypothermia provides a more objective, reproducible, and earlier endpoint than that used in conventional LD50 estimation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Soothill
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000382:microbiology*; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D051379:Mice; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence