Effect of protein malnutrition on salmonellosis and fever.
Protein-malnourished rats had greater numbers of bacteria in their livers and spleens compared with numbers in control rats following a sublethal intraperitoneal dose of Salmonella typhimurium. However, the febrile responses of both groups of rats to infection were similar. The ability to mount a normal febrile response does not necessarily reflect the ability of the host to contain an infection.
Bradley
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Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Kauffman
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D000818:Animals; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications*; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology