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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
We used the killing of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; the greater wax moth) caterpillar by the live vaccine strain (LVS) of Francisella tularensis to develop an invertebrate host system that can be used to study F. tularensis infection and the in vivo effects of antibacterial compounds on F. tularensis LVS. After injection into the insect hemocoel, F. tularensis LVS, killed caterpillars despite the association of LVS with hemocytes. The rate of killing depended on the number of bacteria injected. Antibiotic therapy with ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin or streptomycin administered before or after inoculation prolonged survival and decreased the tissue burden of F. tularensis in the hemocoel. Delayed drug treatment reduced the efficacy of antibacterials and especially streptomycin. The G. mellonella-F. tularensis LVS system may facilitate the in vivo study of F. tularensis, efficacy with antibacterial agents.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1286-4579
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
729-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Galleria mellonella as a model host to study infection by the Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Gray-Jackson 504, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural