ISSN:
1434-0879
Keywords:
Genito-urinary tuberculosis
;
genital tuberculosis
;
male
;
experimental tuberculosis
;
spread of tuberculosis
;
lymphatic spread
;
experimental model
;
guinea pig
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary In order to study the spread of tuberculous infection from the urinary bladder to the male genital organs, guinea pigs were inoculated with tubercle bacilli (H37Rv) into the bladder wall. Half of the animals were prepared by bilateral resection of the ductus deferens before inoculation. The infection spread to the prostate in most of the animals, and in more than half of them to the epididymis. In only one animal was there spread to a seminal vesicle.-Spread occurred irrespective of whether the ductus deferens was intact, probably mainly by way of the lymphatics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00257379
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