ENDOGENOUS BACTERIAL INVASION OF TISSUES OF MACACA MULATTA FOLLOWING LETHAL CO60 IRRADIATION
Abstract
Forty-nine macaca mulatta monkeys were sacrificed 2, 5, 8, 11, and 14 days after exposure to Co(60) gamma radiation approximating the LD50/30. Bacteriologic cultures showed only one positive blood. Bacterial invasion of the submandibular node after 14 days and of the stomach wall at all postirradiation intervals of 5 days or more was statistically significant. Of the 15 Salmonella and Shigella organisms detected in animals succumbing or sacrificed 5 or more days postirradiation, 10 were present in the stomach wall.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0287088
Entities
People
- Anna C. Garner
- E. Staten Wynne
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine