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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Baumgärtner, W. Bachmann, S. |
| Abstract | The fetoplacental units and the postgravid uterus of BALB/cJ (H-2d) mice inoculated intraperitoneally with Coxiella burnetii (Nine Mile isolate, phase I) on day 6 of pregnancy were examined histologically and immunocytochemically at 1 to 160 days postinoculation. Clinically, abortions, stillbirths, and perinatal deaths were observed. Histological lesions in the placenta were characterized by severe necrosis of the decidua basalis and the labyrinth, fibrinoid degeneration of decidual vessels, and microthrombosis. Pyometra and endometritis at the sites of previous placental attachment, characterized by ulceration, central necrosis, and moderate cellular infiltration consisting of neutrophils and macrophages, were observed postpartum. Pups sacrificed at the age of 9 days exhibited interstitial pneumonia with few granulomas and granulomatous hepatitis and splenitis. Immunocytochemically, antigen-bearing cells were first detected in the decidua 9 days postconception, and single immunopositive cells were detected in the fetal placenta 4 days later. Thereafter, until abortion or parturition, abundant accumulation of C. burnetii antigen was observed in the maternal and fetal compartments of the placenta. Up to 28 days postinoculation, many immunopositive cells were demonstrated at the sites of previous placental attachment, whereas the adjacent endometrium contained only a few antigen-positive cells. C. burnetii antigen was demonstrated in decidual cells, trophoblasts, and macrophages and extracellularly within the sinuses of the labyrinth and in the uterine lumen but not in granulated metrial gland cells. Fetuses in utero and aborted, stillborn, or perinatally dying offspring were immunocytochemically negative for C. burnetii antigen; however, pups killed 9 days after birth showed lesion-associated positive immunoreaction in the lung, liver, and spleen. The present study shows that infection with C. burnetii during pregnancy results in uncontrolled growth of the organism in the murine uteroplacental unit and that associated lesions are characterized by necrosis of placental tissues, fibrinoid degeneration of decidual vessels, and microthrombosis. |
| Starting Page | 5232 |
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| ISSN | 10985522 |
| e-ISSN | 10985522 |
| Journal | Infection and Immunity |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 60 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology |
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