Efficacy of the Urinary Bladder for Isolation of Borrelia Burgdorferi from Naturally Infected, Wild Peromyscus Leucopus

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1989 Apr 1

PMID 2656749

Citations 10

Authors

S M Callister

W A Agger

R F Schell

K M Brand

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Abstract

The efficacy of culturing urinary bladder tissue for Borrelia burgdorferi from naturally infected, wild Peromyscus leucopus mice was determined. The urinary bladder cultures were as efficient as spleen, kidney, and blood tissue cultures. The rapid B. burgdorferi isolation (mean, 6 days) from mouse urinary bladders should aid in defining new Lyme disease foci.

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