Sporothrix schenckii thermo-intolerant mutants losing fatal visceral infectivity but retaining high cutaneous infectivity

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-298

  Tachibana, T ^a   Matsuyama, T ^a   Ito, M ^a   Mitsuyama, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sporothrix schenckii; Thermo intolerant mutant; Virulence to mice

Indexed keywords

AGAR; NITROSOGUANIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT PAD; FUNGUS CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LUNG; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0034948976     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.3.295.298     Document Type: Article

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