Role of iron in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium infection in mice

Microbios

Volumn 87, Issue 351, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Dhople, Arvind M ^a   Ibanez, Maria A ^a   Poirier, Timothy C ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Holmes Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Mycobacterium avium; Serum iron; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; IRON; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030338523     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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