Hormonal influence on experimental infections by a toxic shock strain of Staphylococcus aureus.
AUTOR(ES)
Best, G K
RESUMO
Subcutaneous infection chambers in rabbits were infected with a strain of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with toxic shock syndrome. Estrogens (mestranol and 17-beta-estradiol) protected male rabbits and prolonged survival. Neither androgens (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone) nor progesterone affected the susceptibility of intact or ovarihysterectomized female rabbits.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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