Experimental nonspecific immunostimulation by the Propionibacterium acnes vaccine

D Koukalová; R Kod'ousek; V Hájek; M Kolár

Experimental nonspecific immunostimulation by the Propionibacterium acnes vaccine

Acta Univ Palacki Olomuc Fac Med. 1992:133:19-23.

Authors

D Koukalová¹, R Kod'ousek, V Hájek, M Kolár

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia.

PMID: 1344592

Abstract

The immunostimulation effect of the selected Propionibacterium acnes strain 16073 was described. The optimal conditions for the preparation of the P. acnes vaccine and the nonspecific immunostimulation effects of the vaccine on various experimental infections were evaluated.

MeSH terms

Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
Animals
Bacterial Vaccines / pharmacology*
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / immunology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Liver / pathology
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred ICR
Propionibacterium acnes / immunology*
Spleen / pathology

Substances

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Bacterial Vaccines