title: Morphological change in Pseudomonas aeruginosa following antibiotic treatment of experimental infection in mice and its relation to susceptibility to phagocytosis and to release of endotoxin.
abstract: The relationship between morphological changes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa following antibiotic treatment of experimental infection in mice, susceptibility to phagocytosis, and release of endotoxin was studied. The intraperitoneal administration of P. aeruginosa with imipenem or ceftazidime into mice induced morphological changes in the cells 2 h after injection. Round P. aeruginosa cells with imipenem treatment became susceptible to phagocytosis by peritoneal cells, whereas long filamentous cells with ceftazidime treatment were hardly phagocytized by peritoneal cells. The morphological changes also affected the plasma endotoxin level in the circulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Bacterial Toxin, Research Center for Infectious Disease, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan. yokochi@amugw.aichi-med-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokochi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000494:pharmacology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015378:Imipenem / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004731:Endotoxins; D015378:Imipenem; D002442:Ceftazidime