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EXPERIMENTAL MYCOPLASMAL PNEUMONIA IN DOGS: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF INFECTED TISSUE
Author(s) -
Rosendal S.,
Vinther O.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb02003.x
Subject(s) - electron microscope , pneumonia , bronchus , pathology , lumen (anatomy) , lung , mycoplasma , cilium , mycoplasmataceae , mycoplasma pneumonia , biology , mollicutes , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , medicine , respiratory disease , mycoplasma pneumoniae , physics , optics
Thin sections of lung tissue from dogs with pneumonia induced by endobronchial inoculation of Mycoplasma cynos were examined by electron microscopy. Mycoplasmas were observed extracellularly in lumen of bronchus and in alveoli in the earlier stages of the infection. The infection also resulted in degenerative changes in the bronchial epithelial cells, including in particular destruction and loss of cilia.