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Catherine Legrand, Elias Anaissie, Ray Hashem, Paul Nelson, Gerald P. Bodey, Jae Ro, Experimental Fusarial Hyalohyphomycosis in a Murine Model, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 164, Issue 5, November 1991, Pages 944–948, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/164.5.944
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Abstract
The pathogenicity of two clinical strains of Fusarium solani was studied in normal and transiently neutropenic outbred CF1 and CD1 male mice. Three inocula (5 × 105,1 × 106 , and 5 × 106 spores/animal) were tested. Groups of 10 mice each were injected with a single intravenous dose of one inoculum. Mortality correlated with the dose of inoculum, as survival was significantly shorter in mice injected with 5 × 106 cfu/mouse than in mice that received 1 × 106 or 5 × 105 cfu/mouse (P < .001). Necrotizing abscesses with acute branching septate hyphae, neutrophil and macrophage infiltration, and hemorrhage were observed. The median survival of neutropenic mice was shorter than that of normal mice (P < .001). Neutropenic mice did not show evidence of an inflammatory cellular reaction and exhibited significantly higher numbers offungi per gram of infected tissue (P < .001). Intact host defenses in normal mice were able to confine the infection to the kidneys after initial dissemination. In contrast, disseminated infection persisted in most organs in immunosuppressed animals.