Abstract
Objective: Prevotella bivia is one of the anaerobic bacteria that resides in the flora of the female genital tract. We studied the pathogenicity of P. bivia in a rat pyometra model.Methods: The experimental animial (rat) model of pyometra was developed to investigate the pathogenicity of P. bivia in a rat pyometra model.Results: In the groups inoculated with aerobes alone, the infection rate was 10% (1/10) in the Staphylococcus aureus‐ or Staphylococcus agalactiae ‐inoculated group and 20% (2/10) in the Escherichia coli‐inoculated group. Infection Was not established in the groups inoculated with anaerobes alone. High infection rates were observed in all the mixed‐infection groups. In the S. agalactiae‐ and Bacteroides fragilis‐, S. agalactiae‐ and P. bivia -, E. coli- and B. fragilis‐, and E. coli‐ and P. biviai‐ inoculated groups, an infection rate of 100% (10/10) was demonstrated. The efficacy of antibiotics such as flomoxef (FMOX) could be determined using a rat pyometra model. In relation to the alteration of vaginal microbial flora during the menstrual cycle, estrogen increased the growth of P. bivia.Conclusion: Mixture of aerobic bacteria and P. bivia increased the pathogenicity of P. bivia. Estrogen would be useful for raising up the inflammatory change of the uterus in experimental models of genital tract infection due to P. bivia.
Highlights
Mixture of aerobic bacteria and P. bivia increased the pathogenicity of P. bivia
Estrogen would be useful for raising up the inflammatory change of the uterus in experimental models of genital tract infection due to P. bivia
Since P. bivia is predominantly isolated in the vaginal cavity during the follicular phase, the growth of P. bivia might be associated with sex steroid hormones, especially estrogen and progesterone
Summary
In the groups inoculated with aerobes alone, the infection rate was 10% (1/10) in the Staphylococcus aureus- or Staphylococcus agalactiae -inoculated group and 20% (2/10) in the Escherichia coli-inoculated group. Infection Was not established in the groups inoculated with anaerobes alone. High infection rates were observed in all the mixed-infection groups. In the S. agalactiae- and Bacteroides fragilis-, S. agalactiae- and P. bivia -, E. coli- and B. fragilis-, and E. coli- and P. biviainoculated groups, an infection rate of 100% (10/10) was demonstrated. The efficacy of antibiotics such as flomoxef (FMOX) could be determined using a rat pyometra model. In relation to the alteration of vaginal microbial flora during the menstrual cycle, estrogen increased the growth of P
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