Evaluation of a method using Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to experimentally induce dual infection of the urinary bladder in dogs
| Autor: | Mary Bowles, Ronald D. Welsh, Grant H. Turnwald, Jay Hoffman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Urinalysis Urology Urine urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease_cause Dogs medicine Dysuria Animals Pseudomonas Infections Dog Diseases Physical Examination Proteus mirabilis Urinary bladder General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test biology Pseudomonas aeruginosa business.industry General Medicine biology.organism_classification female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Pyuria medicine.anatomical_structure Urinary Tract Infections Female medicine.symptom business Proteus Infections Renal pelvis |
| Zdroj: | American journal of veterinary research. 61(12) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9645 |
| Popis: | Objective—To evaluate a method using Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to experimentally induce dual infection of the urinary bladder in dogs. Animals—6 healthy mixed-breed dogs. Procedure—Dogs were anesthetized, and cystitis was induced by infusing a solution of salicylic acid in ethanol into the bladder, followed by an inoculum containing field isolates of P mirabilis and P aeruginosa. Dogs were examined daily for 21 days after induction of cystitis. On day 21, dogs were euthanatized, and urinary bladder, renal pelvis, and prostate specimens were submitted for bacterial culture. Results—After induction of cystitis, all dogs had evidence of thickening of the bladder wall, dysuria, tenesmus, and hematuria. Urinalysis revealed proteinuria, hematuria, and pyuria. All urine samples obtained on day 21 yielded growth of P mirabilis, but P aeruginosa was not cultured from any of these samples. Proteus mirabilis was isolated from bladder, renal pelvis, or prostate specimens from 4 dogs; P aeruginosa was not isolated from any of the tissue specimens. Conclusion—Results suggest that the method used in the present study fails to induce dual infection of the urinary bladder with P mirabilis and P aeruginosa. The inability to establish a persistent dual infection with this method may have been a result of insufficient pathogenicity of the Pseudomonas isolate or an inadequacy of the experimental design. (Am J Vet Res 2000;61:1484–1486) |
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