Immunohistochemical detection of virulence-associated antigens of Rhodococcus equi in pulmonary lesions of foals

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-343

  Madarame, H ^a   Takai, S ^b   Morisawa, N ^b   Fujii, M ^b   Hidaka, D ^b   Tsubaki, S ^b   Hasegawa, Y ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Horses; Immunohistochemistry; Lung; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030144116     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589603300312     Document Type: Article

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