{"title":"Role of Actinomyces spp. and related organisms in the development of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ): Clinical evidence based on a case series.","authors":"Zsanett Kövér, Ágnes Bán, Márió Gajdács, Beáta Polgár, Edit Urbán","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00041","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is an increasingly common consequence of antiresorptive treatment, which often leads to the development of necrotic exposed bone surfaces with inflammatory processes affecting the jawbone. Although the development of MRONJ is often associated with the inflammatory response or infections caused by the colonizing members of the oral microbiota, the exact pathogenesis of MRONJ is still not fully understood. In the present paper, we aimed to provide additional, microbiological culture-supported evidence, supporting the \"infection hypothesis\" that Actinomyces spp. and related organisms may play an important pathogenic role in the development of MRONJ and the resulting bone necrosis. In our case series, all patients presented with similar underlying conditions and anamnestic data, and have received antiresorptive medications (bisphosphonates or a RANK ligand (RANKL) inhibitor) to prevent the occurrence or progression of bone metastases, secondary to prostate cancer. Nevertheless, a few years into antiresorptive drug therapy, varying stages of MRONJ was identified in the mentioned patients. In all three cases, quantitative microbiological culture of the necrotic bone samples yielded a complex microbiota, dominated by Actinomyces and Schaalia spp. with high colony counts. Additionally, our followed-up case series document the treatment of these patients with a combination of surgical intervention and long-term antibiotic therapy, where favourable clinical responses were seen is all cases. If the \"infection hypothesis\" is valid, it may have significant consequences in the preventative and therapeutic strategies associated with this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":"125-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10755666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138465153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soraya Mousavi, Lia V Busmann, Rasmus Bandick, Nizar W Shayya, Stefan Bereswill, Markus M Heimesaat
{"title":"Oral application of carvacrol, butyrate, ellagic acid, and 2'-fucosyl-lactose to mice suffering from acute campylobacteriosis - Results from a preclinical placebo-controlled intervention study.","authors":"Soraya Mousavi, Lia V Busmann, Rasmus Bandick, Nizar W Shayya, Stefan Bereswill, Markus M Heimesaat","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00037","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute campylobacteriosis caused by oral infections with the enteropathogen Campylobacter jejuni represent serious threats to global human health. Since novel treatment options with safe and antibiotics-independent compounds would be highly appreciable, we here investigated the anti-bacterial and disease-alleviating effects of carvacrol, butyrate, ellagic acid, and 2'-fucosyl-lactose in acute murine campylobacteriosis. To address this, secondary abiotic IL-10-/- mice were perorally infected with C. jejuni and treated with either compound alone or all four in combination via the drinking water starting two days post-infection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On day 6, the duodenal pathogen loads were lower in mice of the combination versus the vehicle treatment cohort. Importantly, mice treated with carvacrol and the combination presented with less distinct diarrheal symptoms, colonic histopathology, epithelial cell apoptosis, and immune cell responses when compared to vehicle counterparts on day 6 post-infection. Furthermore, the combination treatment did not only diminish colonic IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-6 secretion in C. jejuni infected mice, but also dampened extra-intestinal and even systemic pro-inflammatory cytokine concentrations to basal levels as measured in liver, kidneys, lungs, and serum samples.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our preclinical placebo-controlled intervention trial provides evidence that the combined oral application of carvacrol, butyrate, ellagic acid, and 2'-fucosyl-lactose alleviates acute campylobacteriosis in the vertebrate host.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":"88-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668922/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138178289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Alejandra Mendoza-Larios, Fernando García-Dolores, Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Elizabeth Irasema Antuna-Salcido, Jesús Hernández-Tinoco, Adriana Rocha-Salais, Marcela Araceli Segoviano-Mendoza, Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez, Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel
{"title":"Toxoplasma gondii infection of the central nervous system and suicide: A case-control study of decedents.","authors":"Laura Alejandra Mendoza-Larios, Fernando García-Dolores, Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Elizabeth Irasema Antuna-Salcido, Jesús Hernández-Tinoco, Adriana Rocha-Salais, Marcela Araceli Segoviano-Mendoza, Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez, Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00033","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We sought to determine the association between Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection of the central nervous system and suicide in a sample of decedents in Mexico City. One hundred and forty-seven decedents (87 who committed suicide and 60 who did not commit suicide) were studied. Brain tissues (amygdala and prefrontal cortex) of decedents were examined for the detection of T. gondii using immunohistochemistry. Detection of T. gondii was positive in 7 (8.0%) of the 87 cases (6 found in prefrontal cortex and one in amygdala), and in one (1.7%) of the 60 controls (found in prefrontal cortex) (OR: 5.16; 95% CI: 0.61-43.10; P = 0.14). Results suggest that T. gondii infection in brain is not associated with suicide. Further studies to confirm this finding are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":"77-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668923/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138049021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vishwa A Khatri, Sambuddha Paul, Niraj Jatin Patel, Sahaja Thippani, Janhavi Y Sawant, Katie L Durkee, Cassandra L Murphy, Geneve Ortiz Aleman, Justine A Valentino, Jasmine Jathan, Anthony Melillo, Eva Sapi
{"title":"Global transcriptomic analysis of breast cancer and normal mammary epithelial cells infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.","authors":"Vishwa A Khatri, Sambuddha Paul, Niraj Jatin Patel, Sahaja Thippani, Janhavi Y Sawant, Katie L Durkee, Cassandra L Murphy, Geneve Ortiz Aleman, Justine A Valentino, Jasmine Jathan, Anthony Melillo, Eva Sapi","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00031","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease, can disseminate and colonize various tissues and organs, orchestrating severe clinical symptoms including arthritis, carditis, and neuroborreliosis. Previous research has demonstrated that breast cancer tissues could provide an ideal habitat for diverse populations of bacteria, including B. burgdorferi, which is associated with a poor prognosis. Recently, we demonstrated that infection with B. burgdorferi enhances the invasion and migration of triple-negative MDA-MB-231 cells which represent a type of breast tumor with more aggressive cancer traits. In this study, we hypothesized that infection by B. burgdorferi affects the expression of cancer-associated genes to effectuate breast cancer phenotypes. We applied the high-throughput technique of RNA-sequencing on B. burgdorferi-infected MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and normal-like MCF10A cells to determine the most differentially expressed genes (DEG) upon infection. Overall, 142 DEGs were identified between uninfected and infected samples in MDA-MB-231 while 95 DEGs were found in MCF10A cells. A major trend of the upregulation of C-X-C and C-C motif chemokine family members as well as genes and pathways was associated with infection, inflammation, and cancer. These genes could serve as potential biomarkers for pathogen-related tumorigenesis and cancer progression which could lead to new therapeutic opportunities.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":"63-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49686566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Goc, Waldemar Sumera, Matthias Rath, Aleksandra Niedzwiecki
{"title":"Inhibitory effect of theaflavin-3,3'-digallate can involve its binding to the \"stem\" domain of α-hemolysin of Staphylococcus aureus.","authors":"Anna Goc, Waldemar Sumera, Matthias Rath, Aleksandra Niedzwiecki","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00032","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus are currently a worldwide threat affecting millions of individuals. The pathogenicity of S. aureus is associated with numerous virulence factors, including cell surface proteins, polysaccharides, and secreted toxins. The pore-forming α-hemolysin, known as α-toxin, is produced by nearly all virulent strains of S. aureus and is implicated in several diseases including skin and soft tissue infections, atopic dermatitis, and pneumonia. There are currently no vaccines available for the prevention of S. aureus infections and the efficacy of available antibiotics has been fading. In this study we examined the mode of antihemolytic activity of theaflavin-3,3'-digallate against α-hemolysin of methicillin-resistant S. aureus by molecular docking using AutoDock Vina as the molecular docking tool. The theaflavin-3,3'-digallate docked the molecular sequence of the Hla (PDB ID:7ahl). The scores of the top 10 binding modes obtained were between -9.0 and -8.5 kcal mol-1, and the best binding mode was -9.0 kcal mol-1. Direct binding sites of theaflavin-3,3'-digallate to the \"stem\" domain of Hla were revealed which primarily targeted of the residues Met113, Thr117, Asn139. The disclosure of this potential binding mode warrants further clinical evaluation of theaflavin-3,3'-digallate as an anti-hemolytic compound in order to practically validate our results.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":"83-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49686567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Luzia Veletzky, Felix Weinreich, Richard Odame Phillips, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Torsten Feldt, Albert Dompreh, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Richard Boateng, Hagen Frickmann
{"title":"Very low prevalence of Mansonella perstans-specific cell-free DNA in serum samples of Ghanaian HIV patients.","authors":"Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Luzia Veletzky, Felix Weinreich, Richard Odame Phillips, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Torsten Feldt, Albert Dompreh, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Richard Boateng, Hagen Frickmann","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00028","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mansonellosis is a widely neglected helminth disease which is predominantly observed in tropical regions. This study was conducted to assess potential associations of the prevalence of circulating Mansonella perstans-specific cell-free DNA in human serum and HIV infection in Ghanaian individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this purpose, serum samples obtained from Ghanaian HIV-patients (n = 989) and non-HIV-infected Ghanaian control individuals (n = 91) were subjected to real-time PCR targeting the ITS-(internal transcribed spacer-)2 sequence of M. perstans and Mansonella sp. Deux.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mansonella-specific cell-free DNA was detected in serum samples of only 2 HIV-positive and 0 HIV-negative individuals, making any reliable conclusions on potential associations between HIV and mansonellosis in tropical Ghana unfeasible.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Future epidemiological studies on hypothetical associations between mansonellosis and HIV infections should focus more specifically on high-endemicity settings for both Mansonella spp.-infections and HIV-infections, include higher case numbers and be based on real-time PCR from whole blood rather than from serum, in which only circulating parasite DNA but no more cell-bound parasite DNA can be detected. However, the study did not show associations of HIV infections in Ghanaian individuals with Mansonella worm loads high enough to detect cell-free Mansonella DNA in serum by PCR.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/21/59/eujmi-13-057.PMC10578140.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca Kelly Neves Izidro da Silva, Ana Cláudia Alves Cortez, Luciana Aires Oliveira, Juan Diego Ribeiro de Almeida, Érica Simplício de Souza, Katia Santana Cruz, Ani Beatriz Jackisch Matsuura, Mauricio Morishi Ogusku, Karolina Jeaneth Solórzano Chavarría, Djane Baía-da-Silva, Quique Bassat, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Hagen Frickmann, João Vicente Braga de Souza
{"title":"Design and optimization of an improved qPCR assay for the detection of Histoplasma capsulatum.","authors":"Bianca Kelly Neves Izidro da Silva, Ana Cláudia Alves Cortez, Luciana Aires Oliveira, Juan Diego Ribeiro de Almeida, Érica Simplício de Souza, Katia Santana Cruz, Ani Beatriz Jackisch Matsuura, Mauricio Morishi Ogusku, Karolina Jeaneth Solórzano Chavarría, Djane Baía-da-Silva, Quique Bassat, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Hagen Frickmann, João Vicente Braga de Souza","doi":"10.1556/1886.2023.00026","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2023.00026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed at improving a real-time polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) assay for the detection of Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungal pathogen that can cause severe respiratory infections in humans, in clinical and soil samples.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Primer and probes were in-silico designed, in-silico and in-vitro evaluated including clinical biopsy materials and finally subjected to a real-world application with collected soil samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Applying the qPCR assay with liver and lung biopsies from 71 patients each, including 59 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as with Sabouraud (SAB) agar culture as the diagnostic reference standard, diagnostic accuracy of the qPCR assay of 100% (5/5) sensitivity and 96% (63/66) specificity for liver samples and 100% (4/4) sensitivity and 94% (63/67) specificity for the lung samples was recorded. When applying the assay with soil samples from caves near of Presidente Figueiredo city, Amazonas, Brazil, one sample from the Maroaga cave was confirmed as positive.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The improved qPCR assessed in this study was successful in detecting H. capsulatum with high efficiency and accuracy in in-vitro evaluation, including the identification of the target pathogen in both clinical and environmental samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/58/5e/eujmi-13-037.PMC10578137.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41180057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tuberculosis challenges: Resistance, co-infection, diagnosis, and treatment.","authors":"Mohsen Heidary, Maryam Shirani, Melika Moradi, Mehdi Goudarzi, Ramin Pouriran, Tayebe Rezaeian, Saeed Khoshnood","doi":"10.1556/1886.2021.00021","DOIUrl":"10.1556/1886.2021.00021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), followed by effective treatment, is the cornerstone of global TB control efforts. An estimated 3 million cases of TB remain undetected each year. Early detection and effective management of TB can prevent severe disease and reduce mortality and transmission. Intrinsic and acquired drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) severely restricted the anti-TB therapeutic options, and public health policies are required to preserve the new medications to treat TB. In addition, TB and HIV frequently accelerate the progression of each other, and one disease can enhance the other effect. Overall, TB-HIV co-infections show an adverse bidirectional interaction. For HIV-infected patients, the risk of developing TB disease is approximately 22 times higher than for persons with a protective immune response. Analysis of the current TB challenges is critical to meet the goals of the end TB strategy and can go a long way in eradicating the disease. It provides opportunities for global TB control and demonstrates the efforts required to accelerate eliminating TB. This review will discuss the main challenges of the TB era, including resistance, co-infection, diagnosis, and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9036649/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71430403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hagen Frickmann, Wibke Schmeja, Emil Reisinger, Thomas Mittlmeier, Karen Mitzner, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Philipp Warnke, Andreas Podbielski
{"title":"Risk Reduction of Needle Stick Injuries Due to Continuous Shift from Unsafe to Safe Instruments at a German University Hospital.","authors":"Hagen Frickmann, Wibke Schmeja, Emil Reisinger, Thomas Mittlmeier, Karen Mitzner, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Philipp Warnke, Andreas Podbielski","doi":"10.1556/1886.2016.00025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/1886.2016.00025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study assessed protective effects of a continuous introduction of safe instruments in terms of reduction of needle stick injuries. The retrospective study analyzed correlations between the increasing proportion of safe instruments and a reduction of the incidence of needle stick injuries linked to such instruments in a German university hospital over 5 years. Incidents declined about 17.6% from 80.3 incidents per 1000 employees to 66.2, associated with an increase in the proportions of injuries due to instruments without protective mechanisms such as scalpels or hypodermic needles by 12.2%. For injuries due to venipuncture cannulae in various surgical and internal medicine departments, there was a negative association between the proportion of safe instruments and the incidence of injuries. For injection needles, portacath needles, and lancets in selected internal medicine departments, the number of injuries also dropped during this study interval. However, there was no clear-cut association with the percentage of safe instruments. This observational study suggests a correlation between the implementation of use of safe instruments and the reduction of needle stick injuries in a case of a graduated implementation. However, the effects are much less pronounced than in previous interventional studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":"6 3","pages":"227-237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/1886.2016.00025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72212273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agata Dukaczewska, Roberto Tedesco, Oliver Liesenfeld
{"title":"Experimental Models of Ocular Infection with Toxoplasma Gondii.","authors":"Agata Dukaczewska, Roberto Tedesco, Oliver Liesenfeld","doi":"10.1556/1886.2015.00045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/1886.2015.00045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ocular toxoplasmosis is a vision-threatening disease and the major cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. In spite of the continuing global burden of ocular toxoplasmosis, many critical aspects of disease including the therapeutic approach to ocular toxoplasmosis are still under debate. To assist in addressing many aspects of the disease, numerous experimental models of ocular toxoplasmosis have been established. In this article, we present an overview on in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models of ocular toxoplasmosis available to date. Experimental studies on ocular toxoplasmosis have recently focused on mice. However, the majority of murine models established so far are based on intraperitoneal and intraocular infection with Toxoplasma gondii. We therefore also present results obtained in an in vivo model using peroral infection of C57BL/6 and NMRI mice that reflects the natural route of infection and mimics the disease course in humans. While advances have been made in ex vivo model systems or larger animals to investigate specific aspects of ocular toxoplasmosis, laboratory mice continue to be the experimental model of choice for the investigation of ocular toxoplasmosis. </p>","PeriodicalId":93998,"journal":{"name":"European journal of microbiology & immunology","volume":"5 4","pages":"293-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/1886.2015.00045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71435047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}