The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 60, 1-7,
Copyright, 1934, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE PRODUCTION OF STREPTOCOCCUS HEMOLYTICUS BACTEREMIA IN NON-SPECIFICALLY SENSITIZED ANIMALS
Caspar G. Burn M.D.1,
Caroline A. Chandler M.D.1, and
Mildred Hartshorn 1
1 From the Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven
Rabbits sensitized to horse serum developed a bacteremia of 9 to 12 hours' duration when they were inoculated simultaneously with normal horse serum and a strain of Streptococcus hemolyticus, while the bacteria could only be isolated from the blood stream of non-sensitized animals within the first 3 hours after inoculation. On the other hand, when antisera are employed as the antigen for shocking the sensitized rabbits, there is a significant increase in the number of bacteria in the blood stream in contrast to the control animals, but there is no evidence of a prolongation of the bacteremia.
Submitted on March 14, 1934