The avian chorioallantoic membrane in ovo - A useful model for bacterial invasion assays

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Adam, Rüdiger ^a   Mussa, Shueb ^a   Lindemann, Dirk ^a   Oelschlaeger, Tobias A ^b   Deadman, Mary ^c   Ferguson, David J P ^c   Moxon, Richard ^c   Schroten, Horst ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Universitl Tsklinikum Dl Sseldorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken egg; Klebsiella; Mortality; NAST CAM; Penetration

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036744259     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00209     Document Type: Article

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