Anthrax toxin-induced shock in rats is associated with pulmonary edema and hemorrhage

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-472

  Kuo, Shu Ru ^a   Willingham, Mark C ^b   Bour, Sarah H ^a   Andreas, Elissa A ^a   Park, Seong Kyu ^a   Jackson, Carney ^c   Duesbery, Nicholas S ^d   Leppla, Stephen H ^e   Tang, Wei Jen ^f   Frankel, Arthur E ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax edema toxin; Anthrax lethal toxin; Heart failure; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; EDEMA FACTOR PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LETHAL FACTOR PROTEIN; PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; RATTUS;

EID: 43049179367     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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