Hydrosalpinx induced by lower versus upper genital tract infections with C. muridarum.

The 11 strains of mice listed along with their H-2 haplotypes in the left column were categorized into 3 groups under lower and upper genital infection respectively. Mice with hydrosalpinx severity scores of 5 or >5 were categorized as highly susceptible (H), between 5 and 1 as susceptible (S) and below 1 as resistant (R) to hydrosalpinx induction. Note that introduction of C. muridarum organisms directly into upper genital tract via intrauterine inoculation enhanced hydrosalpinx incidence and/or severity in most mice when compared with intravaginal inoculation at the lower genital tract. The mouse strains with hydrosalpinx most significantly enhanced by intrauterine inoculation are DBA/1J and DBA/2J. *p