Experimental corticosteroid induction of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in piglets

APMIS

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 921-928

  Nielsen, Jens ^a   Bille Hansen, Vivi ^a   Settnes, Osvald Peter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Corticosteroid; Experimental induction; Piglet; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIPID STORAGE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOON FACE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SNORING; SWINE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032747530     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01492.x     Document Type: Article

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