A combination of thalidomide plus antibiotics protects rabbits from mycobacterial meningitis-Associated death

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1563-1572

  Tsenova, Liana ^a   Sokol, Karen ^a   Freedman, Victoria H ^a   Kaplan, Gilla ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0031750080     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515327     Document Type: Article

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