Reactivation of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice by cortisone treatment

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1488-1490

  Laitinen, Kirsi ^a   Laurila, Aino L ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Saikku, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE ACETATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029879172     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1488-1490.1996     Document Type: Article

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