Granulomatous inflammation in the tails of mice associated with Mycobacterium chelonae infection

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-216

  Mahler M ^a   Jelinek F ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Histopathological laboratory Prague   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Inflammation; Mice; Mycobacterium chelonae; Tail

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; TAIL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE;

EID: 0034077793     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367700780457563     Document Type: Article

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