Comparative virulence of Candida albicans strains in CFW1 mice and Sprague-Dawley rats

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 157-160

  Schmidt, A ^a,b   Geschke, U ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b Forsch Inst für Antiinfektiva   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Candida albicans; Mouse; Rat; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029738808     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00119.x     Document Type: Article

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