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. 1923 Jul 31;38(2):117-26.
doi: 10.1084/jem.38.2.117.

THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE LUNGS OF MICE FOLLOWING INHALATION

E G Stillman  1
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THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE LUNGS OF MICE FOLLOWING INHALATION

E G Stillman. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

1. When mice are exposed to an atmosphere containing cultures of bacteria in the form of a fine mist, the bacteria readily penetrate into the lower respiratory tract. 2. Pneumococci which have reached the lung as a result of this procedure usually disappear within a few hours and give rise to no infection. Hemolytic streptococci, on the other hand, persist in the lung for a considerably longer time and a general septicemia usually follows. 3. Attempts to determine the conditions under which pneumococci which have reached the lung by inhalation may induce a local or general infection have not been successful.

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