The influence of different stages of pregnancy on group B streptococcal infection in mice.

Authors :: Coid CR
O'Sullivan AM
Rossiter CE
Source :: Placenta [Placenta] 1985 Jan-Feb; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 65-8.
Publication Year :: 1985
Abstract: Eight-day pregnant mice were found to be more resistant to the lethal effects of group B streptococci than those which were 17 days pregnant. From studies on the multiplication of the organisms in vivo it is suggested that the apparent enhancement of the infection in the 17-day pregnant animals is due to the lethal effects of the greater number of streptococci found in their tissues.

Subjects :: Animals
Female
Liver microbiology
Mice
Placenta microbiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious microbiology
Spleen microbiology
Streptococcal Infections microbiology
Streptococcus agalactiae isolation & purification
Gestational Age
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious mortality
Streptococcal Infections mortality

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