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T o ~ o l v e dais q u ~ t i o n , we do~ed ~ J ~ in tonealIy ~5th a specially prepared experimental :~ecme of unusually high Lntu~usccpt e f a v o r (IF) a c f i f i ~ ; we used a surgical iquc whereby the needle w ~ i d either over the Hver (thus avoidL-~g int~tinal ~ a u m ~ or over the ine~tines (thus exposing them to possible ~ u m a from the needle). Both methods y i d d e d a high proportion o f intussuscepdon~ (3/12 for over liver ~ d 2/5 for over the es). Hence, it w ~ t h e Lnjection mixt~a~ alone ~ a t m.itiated ~ e events Lu the ~ v i t y that led to Lntussusception, For a tLme we suspected that the I F was identical ~ t : h the lo#caJly active B. component recently t e ~ e d "perodssigen' by ~ I a n o z & Be~gman (1977). Heating of thiom rr-~rved B. susp indicated that, like p e r u , I F was labile at 75 °C for 30 ~ but re to 56 °C for a s i m i l ~ # o d . Furthe~ore, ~e pe~ hneiden~ o f intu ions and ~en in mice beth occurred about 5 days after dos~hqg ~ ~C~ B. pert iomersal m~xtures. Testing thio-treated s u f ~ m bacterid spedes Ia en-Iike such his e-ser,~itizkng ~ w e r (Munoz arid Bergmma, 1968), re that, of 107 anh'~xals which died and were autopsied, none showed e v i d e n ~ o f sception ( employed beL~.g S. p , L~th~ and B. ed b y routes other than (su b ~ t ~ e o u s , intravenous, i n ~ t h o r a ~ e ) ~ d u ~ d n o i n t ~ u s e e p ~ o n s in m i ~ , w h e r ~ ~ a s i t ~ t i o n to e can be reduced by various routes, of -which s is the m~st (rdunoz & Bergman, 1977). We also induced a few scepfions ~=ith 'C'-mode B. CLacey, t9~0) ~ d xdth ~ - g e d o s ~ o f ~ . neither o f w h i ~ p o s s ~ e d p e r t u ~ g e n . Th,.~s the nature o f I F remains unclear. Con , we know that it is an excellent c, superior to ~ l oLher p for r r ~ high protective ~ t e n c y in sLngle and ned whool~hng v a c d n ~ (Gardner & Pitt~m~, I965). I t ~ n also suPpros a reaction that develops m ~ 1 2 h in ~dce f o c a l i z e d B. cells toneally eton, 1967). H o w then it Lnt with ~ . p c~Hs to increase t o x i d ~ or produce hnru ions conje but the mcch~ism d in i ceptions ~ o b ~ o u s ~ ~ to the abdominal c a ~ . Although it is s that furuher r ~ a r c h is ne into the i n t e r a ~ o n thiomers~ ~ d bacterial v a c c i n e , no evidence h ~ arisen lhakmg int~assusception in ekildren with ~ . In Iar, the for t h e u ~ o f the peritoneal route t'or the induct/on o f scepdon in mice would seem. "~o rule out such a ~ s i b i l i ~ . ~ i n ~ y , idbo B. con vacchaes in the presence o f thio~ o u l d be a v ~ e that m o ~ d ~ t h s may occur due to in sc~ption of ~ e b~wd, mad that t h ~ d ~ t h s should ~-es be ~ s ed in the ~ of the B. ent.
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