Abstract
The invasiveness of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis for the mammary gland of the mouse was assessed by contaminating the damaged teats of suckling mice and sampling the mammary glands for the contaminating organism 48 hours later. Using this test system Staphylococcus aureus strain BB invaded 17 of 40 glands (42.5 %) and Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 279 invaded 2 of 40 glands (5.0 %). The histopathological changes in glands infected with Staphylococcus aureus were more severe than in those infected with Staphylococcus epidermidis.
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The authors are indebted to Mrs. Barbara Åkerblom, Elisabeth Anderbring and Suzanne Kjellberg for technical assistance and to Mrs. Ann-Louise Ekborg for histopathological preparations.
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