Short communication. Role of agar beads in the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the rat respiratory tract.
Sterile agar beads plus Pseudomonas aeruginosa injected intratracheally produced local infection in rats, similar to that described for the injection of agar beads containing the same pathogen. It is suggested that it is not necessary for P. aeruginosa to be inside the beads to induce lung infection.
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000362:Agar; D000818:Animals; D002214:Capsules; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D002214:Capsules; D000362:Agar