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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Immunocompromised patients are highly susceptible to infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Our laboratory previously showed that intranasal administration of an attenuated Salmonella strain expressing the P. aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide O antigen was effective in clearing bacteria and preventing mortality in wild-type mice after intranasal challenge. We were interested in investigating the efficacy of this vaccine strategy in immunocompromised mice. Mice rendered leukopenic or neutropenic by intraperitoneal treatment with cyclophosphamide (Cy) or RB6-8C5 antibody, respectively, were more susceptible to P. aeruginosa pneumonia than their nontreated counterparts, demonstrating 50% lethal doses several logs lower than that in wild-type mice. This hypersusceptiblity was also associated with bacterial dissemination to the liver and spleen and increased lung permeability in Cy mice. Vaccination of the mice prior to treatment resulted in better survival and lower bacterial loads compared to vector-immunized mice. Although the treatments had no effect on antibody titers, this level of protection was still lower than that seen in untreated vaccinated mice. Administration of antibodies directly to the site of infection at the time of bacterial delivery prolonged survival and lowered bacterial loads in the immunocompromised mice. These results demonstrate the importance of white blood cells while still suggesting a critical role for antibodies in protection against P. aeruginosa infection.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1556-679X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
367-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Bacterial Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Colony Count, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Immunocompromised Host, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Lethal Dose 50, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Leukopenia, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Neutropenia, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Pneumonia, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Pseudomonas Infections, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Salmonella Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18094113-Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Vaccination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in immunocompromised mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural