Models of Anaerobic Infection : Proceedings of the third Anaerobe Discussion Group Symposium held at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, July 30-31, 1983, followed by the abstracts of the first meeting of the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecolo

The ADG held its first International Symposium at Churchill College, Cambridge, in July 1979. The second symposium was also held at Churchill College on 30-31 July, 1981, and this, the third, took place at the same college on 30-31 July,. 1983. The meeting was structured in a format which we hoped would appeal to the full range of our membership. The philosophy of the ADG is that medical microbiologists, veterinarians, toxicologists and dental bacteriologists have much to learn from each other and can best be achieved by bringing these various disciplines together frequently and in informal surroundings. Again the symposium was very generously sponsored by May and Baker Limited who met all costs of the meeting and entertained us splendidly. David Jackson and Donald Bedford were re­ sponsible for coordinating with the ADG on behalf of May and Baker and, as usual, gave us their full cooperation. This book contains the full-length papers, followed by the posters presented at the meeting. This book also serves as a vehicle for the abstracts of the first meeting of the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Disease, SIMED, held in Boston, Massachusetts. An introduction to this new society by its President, Sydney M. Finegold, M.D., precedes the abstracts. M.J. Hill VI CONTENTS Preface v List of contributors VIII Introduction to the Anaerobe Discussion Group M.J. Hill XI A guinea-pig model demonstrating synergy between Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in infected surgical wounds. Front Matter....Pages I-XI A guinea-pig model demonstrating synergy between Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in infected surgical wounds....Pages 1-8 An Animal Model of Peritonitis and the Effect of Anti-Microbial Prophylaxis and Therapy....Pages 9-22 The Pathology of Animal Models of Antibiotic-Associated Colitis....Pages 23-38 Bacteroides Fragilis, Propionibacterium Acnes and Peptostreptococcus Anaerobius in Experimental Otitis Media in Guinea-Pigs....Pages 39-49 Success and Failure in the Association of Anaerobes from Human Subgingival Plaque with Conventional and Gnotobiotic Rats....Pages 51-66 Enterocolitis of Pigs....Pages 67-76 Animal Models of Clostridium Spiroforme Mediated Diarrhoea (Iota Enterotoxaemia) of Rabbits....Pages 77-83 Ovine Footrot: Histopathology of a Synergic Disease....Pages 85-97 A Model for Investigating Polymorph Function in the Presence of Non-Sporing Anaerobes....Pages 99-107 Effect of Bacteroides Fragilis Lipopolysaccharide and Capsular Polysaccharide on Polymorph Function and Serum Killing....Pages 109-118 The Influence of Bacteroides Sp. on the Opsonic Activity of Human Serum and Its Effect on the Phagocytosis of Various Bacteria....Pages 119-128 In Vitro and In Vivo Studies on the Pertubation of Host Defence by Black-Pigmented Bacteroides Species....Pages 129-138 In Vitro Metabolism in the Rumen Fermentation....Pages 139-150 Mathematical Models....Pages 151-164 The Application of Continuous Culture Techniques to the Study of Oral Anaerobes....Pages 165-175 In Vitro Models of the Mammalian Caecum and Colon....Pages 177-187 Tissue Culture Systems for the Examination of Bacterial Virulence....Pages 189-200 Adherence in Anaerobes: An In Vitro Model of Adhesion in Clostridium Difficile....Pages 201-211 Adhesion in Clostridia....Pages 213-219 Posters presented at the Third Anaerobe Discussion Group Symposium, 1983....Pages 221-259 Introduction to the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Disease....Pages 261-261 Abstracts of the First Meeting of the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Disease, Boston, Massachusetts, 1983....Pages 263-287 The ADG held its first International Symposium at Churchill College, Cambridge, in July 1979. The second symposium was also held at Churchill College on 30-31 July, 1981, and this, the third, took place at the same college on 30-31 July, . 1983. The meeting was structured in a format which we hoped would appeal to the full range of our membership. The philosophy of the ADG is that medical microbiologists, veterinarians, toxicologists and dental bacteriologists have much to learn from each other and can best be achieved by bringing these various disciplines together frequently and in informal surroundings. Again the symposium was very generously sponsored by May and Baker Limited who met all costs of the meeting and entertained us splendidly. David Jackson and Donald Bedford were reƯ sponsible for coordinating with the ADG on behalf of May and Baker and, as usual, gave us their full cooperation. This book contains the full-length papers, followed by the posters presented at the meeting. This book also serves as a vehicle for the abstracts of the first meeting of the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Disease, SIMED, held in Boston, Massachusetts. An introduction to this new society by its President, Sydney M. Finegold, M.D., precedes the abstracts. M.J. Hill VI CONTENTS Preface v List of contributors VIII Introduction to the Anaerobe Discussion Group M.J. Hill XI A guinea-pig model demonstrating synergy between Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in infected surgical wounds Proceedings of the third Anaerobe Discussion Group Symposium held at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, July 30-31, 1983 followed by the abstracts of the first meeting of the Society for Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Disease, Boston, Nov. 1983