title: Rabbit model to evaluate enterovirulence of Bacteroides fragilis.
abstract: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis elicited fluid accumulation in the intestinal tract and exfoliation of epithelial cells in the proximal colon of the 2-week-old rabbit. The rabbit model was employed to screen isolates of B. fragilis for enterovirulence and to study the pathogenesis of disease caused by enterotoxigenic B. fragilis.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Research Laboratory, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shoop
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins