Bacterial adherence to bladder tumors in the mouse.
Mice with intravesical urothelial tumors (MBT-2) were challenged with E coli inoculated intravesically. Adherence of bacteria measured at 15 min or persistent infection at 24 h was significantly greater in the tumor-bearing bladders than in normal non-tumor-bearing mice. The tumor-bearing portion of the bladder contained significantly more bacteria than the non-tumor-bearing portion.
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000818:Animals; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000382:microbiology*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000382:microbiology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*