Modification of resistance of mice to Naegleria fowleri infections.
AUTOR(ES)
Adams, A C
RESUMO
Naegleria fowleri, which produces a fatal meningoencephalitis in humans, is also able to produce a progressive and fatal disease in mice. The course of the disease in DUB/ICR mice is dependent upon the infecting dose of organisms, whether administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) or intravenously (i.v.). All of the mice receiving 10(7) trophozoites/mouse i.v. or 4.85 X 10(7) trophozoites/mouse i.p. were killed within 10 days. Escherichia coli O26:B6 lipopolysaccharide, administered at a dose of 1 mg/kg 24 h prior to N. fowleri, afforded some protection for several days after challenge, but by day 8 there was no difference in survival of untreated and endotoxin-treated mice. No significant protection was afforded by a complex of lipid A with concanavalin A (ConA) or bovine serum albumin (BSA) or by dimethylmyristamide-BSA, dimethylmyristamide, BSA, beta-hydroxymyristic acid-ConA, beta-hydroxymyristic acid, ConA, myristic acid-BSA, or myristic acid. Mice surviving primary i.v. or i.p. challenge doses of N. fowleri, 5 X 10(6) and 10(7) trophozoites/mouse, respectively, were highly resistant to rechallenge with an i.v. dose of organisms (5 X 10(6) Naegleria/mouse) that produced uniformly fatal disease in untreated control mice.
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