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A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis

A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis

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08:46 min

August 12, 2020

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08:46 min
August 12, 2020

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Infection of neonatal mice with bioluminescent E. coli O1:K1:H7 results in a septic infection with significant pulmonary inflammation and lung pathology. Here, we describe procedures to model and further study neonatal sepsis using longitudinal intravital imaging in parallel with enumeration of systemic bacterial burdens, inflammatory profiling, and lung histopathology.

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