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. 1986 Apr;52(1):331–333. doi: 10.1128/iai.52.1.331-333.1986

Hormonal influence on experimental infections by a toxic shock strain of Staphylococcus aureus.

G K Best, T O Abney, J M Kling, J J Kirkland, D F Scott
PMCID: PMC262240  PMID: 3957430

Abstract

Subcutaneous infection chambers in rabbits were infected with a strain of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with toxic shock syndrome. Estrogens (mestranol and 17-beta-estradiol) protected male rabbits and prolonged survival. Neither androgens (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone) nor progesterone affected the susceptibility of intact or ovarihysterectomized female rabbits.

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