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Infect Immun. 1971 May; 3(5): 688-693
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Effect of Ethanol on the Clearance of Airborne Pneumococci and the Rate of Pneumococcal Transformations in the Lung

^a Department of Microbiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021

ABSTRACT

The rate of clearance of pneumococci from the lungs of mice infected by aerosols was found to vary inversely with the virulence of the pneumococci. Treatment of of the mice with ethanol delayed the clearance and increased the rate of pneumococcal transformations in vivo.

¹ This work was taken from a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1970. Present address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

² Present address: Department of Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.