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The effect of sublethal inocula of Toxoplasma gondii on the course of listeriosis and salmonellosis in mice was investigated. Intravenous injection of T. gondii 24 hr after inoculation of Listeria monocytogenes increased mortality from 16% (L. monocytogenes alone) to 68% (L. monocytogenes + T. gondii) (P less than 0.001). Multiplication of L. monocytogenes in spleens also was increased significantly in mice given T. gondii. By 3 days after infection, mice that had received T. gondii and L. monocytogenes had approximately 10 times the number of L. monocytogenes per spleen compared to mice receiving L. monocytogenes alone. Similarly, mortality and the number of bacteria in spleens were increased in mice injected with Salmonella typhimurium and then inoculated with T. gondii. An in vitro assay of macrophage listeriacidal activity was used to investigate the mechanism of this decreased resistance. Peritoneal macrophages from mice injected with T. gondii were less bactericidal than macrophages from uninfected mice. Delayed hypersensitivity responses to L. monocytogenes antigen were markedly suppressed in mice injected with T. gondii. T. gondii infection appears to suppress both macrophage and T-lymphocyte function and may result in decreased resistance to infections caused by intracellular bacteria.
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