dc.creator | Papakrivou E., Makris D., Manoulakas E., Mitroudi M., Tepetes K., Papazoglou K., Zakynthinos E. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T09:43:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T09:43:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1155/2017/4601348 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 23146133 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/77748 | |
dc.description.abstract | To study the effect of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) on the frequency of pneumonia with an experimental study, thirteen Sprague-Dawley rats were included. Eight out of thirteen animals were randomly assigned to receive 10 ml of benzalkonium chloride 0.2% (megacolon group) and five animals received 10 ml NaCl 0.9% (controls). Animals were anaesthetized by intramuscular delivery of ketamine. The incidence of positivity for bacteria lung tissue cultures and mesenteric lymph node cultures was assessed at the 21st day after animals' sacrification, or before in case of death. All megacolon group animals presented progressive increase of the abdomen and increased IAP (≥10 mmHg) whereas the frequency of their evacuations was almost eliminated. Controls presented normal evacuations, no sign of abdominal distention, and normal IAP. In megacolon group animals, there was evidence of significant amount of bacteria in lung cultures. In contrast, no bacteria were found in control animals. © 2017 Eleni Papakrivou et al. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | BioMed Research International | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85015961606&doi=10.1155%2f2017%2f4601348&partnerID=40&md5=29ffef797c0a0a6d23b38bc96ace9771 | |
dc.subject | benzalkonium chloride | en |
dc.subject | ketamine | en |
dc.subject | sodium chloride | en |
dc.subject | benzalkonium | en |
dc.subject | abdominal distension | en |
dc.subject | abdominal pressure | en |
dc.subject | animal experiment | en |
dc.subject | animal model | en |
dc.subject | animal tissue | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | bacterial growth | en |
dc.subject | cause of death | en |
dc.subject | clinical assessment | en |
dc.subject | controlled study | en |
dc.subject | Enterococcus faecalis | en |
dc.subject | Escherichia coli | en |
dc.subject | incidence | en |
dc.subject | intraabdominal hypertension | en |
dc.subject | Klebsiella | en |
dc.subject | lung parenchyma | en |
dc.subject | megacolon | en |
dc.subject | mesentery lymph node | en |
dc.subject | nonhuman | en |
dc.subject | Peptostreptococcus | en |
dc.subject | pneumonia | en |
dc.subject | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | en |
dc.subject | rat | en |
dc.subject | Sprague Dawley rat | en |
dc.subject | tissue culture | en |
dc.subject | animal | en |
dc.subject | bacterium | en |
dc.subject | chemically induced | en |
dc.subject | classification | en |
dc.subject | complication | en |
dc.subject | disease model | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | intraabdominal hypertension | en |
dc.subject | isolation and purification | en |
dc.subject | lung | en |
dc.subject | lymph node | en |
dc.subject | microbiology | en |
dc.subject | pathogenicity | en |
dc.subject | pathology | en |
dc.subject | pneumonia | en |
dc.subject | Animals | en |
dc.subject | Bacteria | en |
dc.subject | Benzalkonium Compounds | en |
dc.subject | Disease Models, Animal | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Intra-Abdominal Hypertension | en |
dc.subject | Lung | en |
dc.subject | Lymph Nodes | en |
dc.subject | Pneumonia | en |
dc.subject | Rats | en |
dc.subject | Hindawi Limited | en |
dc.title | Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Causes Bacterial Growth in Lungs: An Animal Study | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |