A mouse model of surgically induced renal failure was utilized to investigate the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus epidermidis peritonitis which is a frequent and serious complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Compared to sham-operated controls, chronically uremic mice were more susceptible to intraperitoneal S. epidermidis inoculation, presenting decreased survival time and survival (10$ sp9$ cfu, 10$ sp8$ cfu), delayed bacterial clearance and attenuated peritoneal inflammatory response (10$ sp6$ cfu). In mice bearing a peritoneal catheter implant, the catheter was a preferred site for peritoneal bacterial persistence up to one month after intracatheter inoculation. Despite in vitro cytotoxicity of commercial peritoneal dialysis solutions toward peritoneal leucocytes, repeated peritoneal instillation of dialysis solutions did not influence S. epidermidis recoveries following inoculation. Although the mouse preparation did not undergo peritoneal dialysis, these studies nevertheless demonstrate that chronic uremia and the peritoneal catheter may be important etiological factors in the development and persistence of CAPD peritonitis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.75686 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Gallimore, Barbara |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Division of Experimental Medicine.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000570329, proquestno: AAINL46015, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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