This protocol describes techniques to measure infectious outcomes underlying secondary hospital-acquired infections in the immunosuppressive condition, first by establishing cecal ligation/puncture mice then challenging them with intranasal infection to create a clinically relevant model of immunosuppression sepsis.
Wang, Z., Pu, Q., Lin, P., Li, C., Jiang, J., Wu, M. Design of Cecal Ligation and Puncture and Intranasal Infection Dual Model of Sepsis-Induced Immunosuppression. J. Vis. Exp. (148), e59386, doi:10.3791/59386 (2019).