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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, March 1999, p. 273-275, Vol. 6, No. 2
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology1 and The Institute of
Comparative Medicine,2 Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Received 19 August 1998/Returned for modification 29 September
1998/Accepted 30 November 1998
We developed a murine model of kidney abscess by direct renal
injection of either Escherichia coli (1 × 106 to 7 × 106 organisms) or sterile
medium. Bacterial infection produced renal abscesses, bacteremia, and
late-onset leukocytosis in all animals. Controls were unaffected. This
model may be useful for the study of various sequelae of kidney infection.
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A Murine Model of Renal Abscess Formation

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University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, P&S 16-417, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032. Phone: (212) 305-8693. Fax: (212) 305-3869. E-mail:
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Present address: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack D. Weiler Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bronx, NY 10461.
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