Phage therapy of local and systemic disease caused by Vibrio vulnificus in iron-dextran-treated mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6251-6262

  Cerveny, Karen E ^a   DePaola, Angelo ^a   Duckworth, Donna H ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON DEXTRAN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IRON-DEXTRAN COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OSTREIDAE; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0036840347     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6251-6262.2002     Document Type: Article

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