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Infection and Immunity, June 2000, p. 3158-3163, Vol. 68, No. 6
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
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SspA Is Required for Lethal Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infections in Calves but Is Not Essential for Diarrhea

Renée M. Tsolis,1 L. Garry Adams,1 Michael J. Hantman,2 Christina A. Scherer,2 Tyler Kimbrough,2 Robert A. Kingsley,3 Thomas A. Ficht,1 Samuel I. Miller,2 and Andreas J. Bäumler3,*

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-44671; Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 981952; and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843-11143

Received 3 November 1999/Returned for modification 24 January 2000/Accepted 25 February 2000

Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) encodes virulence determinants, which are important for enteropathogenicity in calves. To determine whether the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium SPI-1 effector proteins SspA and SptP are important for enteropathogenicity, strains lacking these proteins were tested during oral infection of calves. Calves infected with a sptP mutant or its isogenic parent developed diarrhea and lethal morbidity. In contrast, calves infected with an sspA mutant developed diarrhea, which resolved within 10 days but did not result in mortality. The sspA mutant was recovered from bovine intestinal tissues at numbers similar to those obtained for its isogenic parent and caused marked intestinal lesions. Thus, the severity of pathological changes caused by serovar Typhimurium strains or their ability to cause diarrhea were not predictive of their ability to cause lethal morbidity in calves. We conclude that factors other than or in addition to bacterial colonization, intestinal lesions, or electrolyte loss contribute to lethal morbidity in calves infected with serovar Typhimurium.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, 407 Reynolds Medical Building, College Station, TX 77843-1114. Phone: (979) 862-7756. Fax: (979) 845-3479. E-mail: abaumler{at}tamu.edu.

Infection and Immunity, June 2000, p. 3158-3163, Vol. 68, No. 6
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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