title: Guinea pig model for Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis.
abstract: We present a new experimental model of Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis in guinea pigs. Permanent aortic valve damage was produced by electrocoagulation after catheterization of the right carotid artery, which allowed avoidance of the intracardiac catheter to produce cardiac vegetations. Our model closely mimics pathological mechanisms of native valve endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS EP J0054, Faculté de Médecine, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepidi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: La Scola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feuerstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andre
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pellissier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus