{"title":"Intraperitoneal fluid accumulation induced by Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin (phospholipase C).","authors":"Tsuneo Maegawa, Xingmin Wang, Tadahiro Karasawa, Masahiko Zuka, Hiroyuki Kita, Shinichi Nakamura","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report that the intraperitoneal injection of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin into mice induces ascites. This phenomenon was monitored by measuring fluid volume and analyzing hematologic data. The mouse toxicity test provides a simple and useful model for examining C. perfringens alpha-toxin-induced vascular permeability.</p>","PeriodicalId":75388,"journal":{"name":"Acta microbiologica Polonica","volume":"51 4","pages":"387-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta microbiologica Polonica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We report that the intraperitoneal injection of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin into mice induces ascites. This phenomenon was monitored by measuring fluid volume and analyzing hematologic data. The mouse toxicity test provides a simple and useful model for examining C. perfringens alpha-toxin-induced vascular permeability.