Experimental prostatitis in female Mastomys natalensis--a preliminary report.
Female Mastomys natalensis were inoculated with a suspension of Klebsiella pneumoniae into the bladder. All animals developed prostatitis without urinary tract infection between the 9th and the 12th day after inoculation. 10(4) - 10(5) CFU of K. pneumoniae per gram prostatic tissue could be cultivated. Histologically acute purulent prostatitis was detected in most cases 6 days after infection. In the follow-up periacinar infiltration predominated.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007710:Klebsiella Infections; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats