Cutaneous malakoplakia in pigs inoculated with Rhodococcus equi

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-333

  Madarame, Hiroo ^a   Matsuda, Hanako ^a   Okada, Midori ^a   Yoshida, Shintaro ^a   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Takai, Shinji ^a  

^a Sch Vet Med Anim Sci   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malakoplakia; Michaelis Gutmann body; Pig; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INCLUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALACOPLAKIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SKIN INFECTION; SWINE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALACOPLAKIA; MICE; RABBITS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SWINE;

EID: 0032438516     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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