Influence of preformed antibody on experimental Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis.

AUTOR(ES)

Scheld, W M

RESUMO

The influence of preformed, anti-whole organism antibody on the development of Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis was examined in both in vivo and in vitro systems. Antibody prevented, rather than potentiated, endocarditis in rabbits. The infectious dose in 30 control animals was 10(6.5) +/- 0.33 (mean +/- standard deviation); this increased to 10(7.71 +/- 0.05 in 36 immunized animals (P less than 0.01). No differences in bacterial clearance mechanisms were apparent between groups. Antibody also prevented the adherence of S. sanguis to the constituents of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (fibrin and platelets) in vitro. When preincubated in high-titer antisera, adherence of S. sanguis was reduced compared with controls (adherence ratio mean +/- standard error of the mean, X 10(4): 174 +/- 5 versus 427 +/- 10, P less than 0.001). Preadsorption of immune sera with intact S. sanguis restored adherence to normal values, whereas preadsorption with dextran was partially effective. These studies demonstrate that preformed antibody had a protective role in vivo and suggest that a possible mechanism is blockade of adherence, a crucial early step in the pathogenesis of endocarditis.

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