Investigation of mycobacterial colonisation and invasion of the respiratory mucosa

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Middleton, A M ^a   Chadwick, M V ^a   Nicholson, A G ^a   Dewar, A ^b   Feldman, C ^c   Wilson, R ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TURBINATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037336439     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.3.246     Document Type: Article

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