Pathogenic traits of Salmonella Montevideo in experimental infections in vivo and in vitro.

ABSTRACT: Salmonella serovar Montevideo (SM) is frequently associated with human Salmonella infections and causes gastrointestinal disease, cases are common particularly among individuals who come in close contact with live poultry or poultry meat products. To characterize SM disease in chickens, the pathogenic traits and tissue predilections of the disease were investigated. Dissemination of fluorescent-tagged SM (JOL1575GFP) was monitored after oral and intramuscular mock infections of specific-pathogen-free chickens. The spleen was predominantly affected by intramuscular infection while the cecum, spleen, and minimally liver were affected by oral infection. No conspicuous illness was observed in infected birds, and histopathological examination showed minimal damage of the intestinal epithelium a

SUBMITTER: Lalsiamthara J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384224 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature