Demonstration of spread by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in A549 epithelial cell monolayers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Castro Garza, Jorge ^a,b   King, C Harold ^c   Swords, W Edward ^b   Quinn, Frederick D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Human lung epithelial cell; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Plaque; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AMIKACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037008128     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00707-3     Document Type: Article

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