A scoring system for histological evaluation of skin during Staphylococcus aureus infections

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-023-01567-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-023-01567-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01567-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11756-023-01567-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A scoring system for histological evaluation of skin during Staphylococcus aureus infections

Original language description

The histological evaluation of skin changes during Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection requires an exact approach with an accurate definition of individual changes and their parameters, including a classification score facilitating comparison among experiments. To propose methods and procedures for the evaluation of histological changes in skin infected by S. aureus strains in experimental pig models. Four pigs were included in the experiment. In the dorsal region of each pig, 10 wounds per pig (5 x 5 cm, 2 cm spacing) were created. Wounds in the individual pigs were inoculated with three different strains of methicillin- (oxacillin) and amoxicillin-resistant S. aureus at concentrations of 2 x 10(9)-5 x 10(9) CFU/ml. One pig was not inoculated and served as control. Subsequently, samples were collected from each wound on Days 3, 7, 10, ad 14 after inoculation processed by frozen section technique and the samples were stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Classification scores of selected parameters were determined and an average classification index was established at the end of the experiment. Histologically, granulomatous arrangement and superficial re-epithelialization were observed in the wounds of all animals. Compared to control, S. aureus infection documents slow healing of skin wounds with impaired epidermal formation (0.88 infected vs 1.45 control), re-epithelialization (1.25 vs 2.08), edema in the dermis (1.50 vs 2.67), inflammation in the dermis (0.50 vs 1.69), fibrosis in the dermis (4 vs 2.56), fibrosis in the hypodermis (4 vs 3.17) and, finally, necrosis in the dermis (1 vs 2.2). The results in the scores for scabs (1.25 vs 1.42), dermis (2.63 vs 2.67), and, finally, necrosis in the hypodermis (0.25 vs 0.75) did not differ among groups. The proposed methodological approach allowed quantification of histological changes and we recommend employing this scoring system in other studies evaluating the healing of skin wounds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biologia

ISSN

0006-3088

e-ISSN

1336-9563

Volume of the periodical

79

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

917-925

UT code for WoS article

001105224900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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