A model of Salmonella colitis with features of diarrhea in SLC11A1 wild-type mice.

Mice do not get diarrhea when orally infected with S. enterica, but pre-treatment with oral aminoglycosides makes them susceptible to Salmonella colitis. However, genetically susceptible ItyS mice (Nramp1(G169D) allele) die from systemic infection before they develop diarrhea, so a new model is need...

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Main Authors: Heungjeong Woo, Sharon Okamoto, Donald Guiney, John S Gunn, Joshua Fierer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2225501?pdf=render