This study was designed to evaluate the bacterial translocation (TB) from the gastrointestinal tract to visceral organs in rats submitted to laparotomy and common bile duct ligation (CBDL). Four groups of rats were studied: group I (n=10) CBDL; group II (n=10) control or "sham operation"; group III (n=12) CBDL and 99mTc-E.coli and group IV (n=5) control or "sham operation" e 99mTc-E.coli. All the animals were operated with aseptic technic under intraperitoneal anesthesia with pentobarbital sodium (20mg/kg). On 7th postoperative day the animals of groups I and II were killed with a letal dosis of anesthetic and the liver, spleen, mesenteric lynphnodes and lungs were ressecated to microbiological (Agar-blood and Agar-Mac Conkey) and histological examination (H.E. and Masson Trichromic) through morphometric analysis. On 7th postoperative day the animals of III and IV groups were labeled with 99mTc-E.coli gavage and after 24hr they were killed and their organs were ressected. After that, the bacterial radioactivity was measured through an Automatic count of Gama Radioative - model ANSR (Abott Laboratories). The mean bilirrubin levels of the jaundiced rats were significantly higher as compared with the control group. The incidence of bacterial translocation was higher in group I compared with control group (p< 0.05). The results showed no significant statistic differences of 99mTc-E.coli distribution between the two groups (p<0.05). However the interactive analyses groups x organs showed significant differences among the jaundiced and control groups to the liver and lungs. The data allow to conclude that in jaundiced rat with ligated bile duct occurred bacterial translocation detectable through microbiological analyses. The model proposed showed no bacterial translocation by the labeled 99mTc technic.
Bacterial translocation; Obstructive jaundice; Technecium99; Rats
