A Novel Presentation of Clostridium piliforme Infection (Tyzzer's Disease) in Nude Mice

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-25

  Livingston, Robert S ^a   Franklin, Craig L ^a   Besch Williford, Cynthia L ^a   Hook Jr , Reuel R ^a   Riley, Lela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLON; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NECROSIS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029872979     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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