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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 181, 期 4, 页码 1350-1358出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/315403
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA-06650, DA-11134] Funding Source: Medline
This study examined the effect of morphine on oral infection with virulent Salmonella typhimurium. Animals were treated with a 75-mg slow-release morphine pellet followed by inoculation with salmonellae, Morphine markedly sensitized mice to oral infection, as assessed by survival, mean survival time, and colony culture. By 24 h after Salmonella inoculation, morphine-treated mice had a 10(5)-fold difference in number of organisms in the Peyer's patches, compared with controls. The opioid antagonist naltrexone significantly blocked Salmonella colonization in Peyer's patches and reduced Salmonella burden in other organs, indicating that morphine acts at least in part via an opioid receptor-mediated pathway. The data show that morphine markedly potentiates Salmonella infection at the gastrointestinal portal of entry and enhances subsequent dissemination of Salmonella organisms. The results have implications for potentiating gastrointestinal opportunistic infections in intravenous drug abusers and in opioid-medicated postsurgical patients.
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