Systemic infection facilitates transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mice.
Nat Commun
; 11(1): 543, 2020 Jan 28.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31992714
ABSTRACT
Health care-associated infections such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia pose a major clinical risk for hospitalized patients. However, these systemic infections are presumed to be a "dead-end" for P. aeruginosa and to have no impact on transmission. Here, we use a mouse infection model to show that P. aeruginosa can spread from the bloodstream to the gallbladder, where it replicates to extremely high numbers. Bacteria in the gallbladder can then seed the intestines and feces, leading to transmission to uninfected cage-mate mice. Our work shows that the gallbladder is crucial for spread of P. aeruginosa from the bloodstream to the feces during bacteremia, a process that promotes transmission in this experimental system. Further research is needed to test to what extent these findings are relevant to infections in patients.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Pseudomonas Infections
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Bacteremia
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos