A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial SepsisBrittany G. Seman *1, Jessica M. Povroznik *1,2, Jordan K. Vance 1, Travis W. Rawson 1, Cory M. Robinson 1,2
1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Cell Biology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 2Vaccine Development Center at West Virginia University Health Sciences Center
Infection of neonatal mice with bioluminescent E. coli O1:K1:H7 results in a septic infection with significant pulmonary inflammation and lung pathology. Here, we describe procedures to model and further study neonatal sepsis using longitudinal intravital imaging in parallel with enumeration of systemic bacterial burdens, inflammatory profiling, and lung histopathology.
