Macrophage-lymphocyte interactions mediate anti-Burkholderia pseudomallei activity

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-286

  Ulett, Glen C ^a   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^b   Hirst, Robert G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BALB c; Burkholderia pseudomallei; C57BL 6; Lymphocyte; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0031664647     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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