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Containment as a mechanism of nonspecific enhancement of defenses against bacterial infection. 1990

H C Polk, and P M Lamont, and R B Galland

Price Institute of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292.

Observations made during the study of nonspecific enhancement of antimicrobial host defenses permitted some physiologic dissection of the anatomic basis for normal protective processes. Local growth of bacteria in the hind limb in muramyl dipeptide-treated mice was suppressed modestly, but lymphatic filtration was markedly improved, especially between the ipsilateral groin and iliac lymph nodes. Spontaneous containment, when it occurred in saline-treated controls, proceeded similarly. Certain regional lymph nodes acted to restrict the dissemination of bacteria from an anatomically isolated infection, reducing the degree of bacteremia and improving survival. Containment of local bacterial infection appears more important in a favorable host response than does dispersion and is accentuated by muramyl dipeptide.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007167	Immunotherapy	Manipulation of the host's immune system in treatment of disease. It includes both active and passive immunization as well as immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection.	Immunotherapies
D007710	Klebsiella Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus KLEBSIELLA.	Infections, Klebsiella,Infection, Klebsiella,Klebsiella Infection
D007711	Klebsiella pneumoniae	Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans.	Bacillus pneumoniae,Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae,Hyalococcus pneumoniae,Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes,Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
D000119	Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine	Peptidoglycan immunoadjuvant originally isolated from bacterial cell wall fragments; also acts as pyrogen and may cause arthritis; stimulates both humoral and cellular immunity.	Mur-NAc-L-Ala-D-isoGln,Muramyl Dipeptide,Acetylmuramyl Alanyl Isoglutamine,N-Acetyl-Muramyl-L-Alanyl-D-Glutamic-alpha-Amide,N-Acetylmuramyl-L-Alanyl-D-Isoglutamine,Alanyl Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl,Dipeptide, Muramyl,Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl Alanyl,Mur NAc L Ala D isoGln,N Acetyl Muramyl L Alanyl D Glutamic alpha Amide,N Acetylmuramyl L Alanyl D Isoglutamine
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D018805	Sepsis	Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK.	Bloodstream Infection,Pyaemia,Pyemia,Pyohemia,Blood Poisoning,Poisoning, Blood,Septicemia,Severe Sepsis,Blood Poisonings,Bloodstream Infections,Infection, Bloodstream,Poisonings, Blood,Pyaemias,Pyemias,Pyohemias,Sepsis, Severe,Septicemias

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