Model of intraabdominal abscess formation

Mortality and abscess formation in 106 male Wistar rats receiving inoculum obtained from meat-fed animals. Mortality is expressed as cumulative percent.

From: Weinstein WM, Onderdonk AB, Bartlett JG, Gorbach SL. Experimental intraabdominal abscesses in rats: Development of an experimental model. Infect Immun 1974; 10:1250. Copyright © 1974. Reproduced with permission from American Society for Microbiology.

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