THE INCIDENCE AND PATHOGENESIS OF MYOCARDITIS IN RABBITS AFTER GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGEAL INFECTIONS

Rabbits subjected to single pharyngeal infections with group A streptococci developed cardiac lesions characterized by myofiber necrosis and a non-granulocytic cellular reaction with histiocytes, lymphocytes, and Anitschkow myocytes. The histopathologic changes were demonstrable in some animals wit...

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Main Authors: Glaser, Robert J., Thomas, Wilbur A., Morse, Stephen I., Darnell, James E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1956
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136555/