Evaluation of the vital staining method for Lacazia loboi through the experimental inoculation of BALB/c mice

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Vilani Moreno, Fátima Regina ^a   Belone, A De F F ^b   Rosa, P S ^c   Madeira, S ^d   Opromolla, D V A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

^b Equipe Técnia de Patologia   (Brazil)

^c Setor de Biotério ^*  (Brazil)

^d Equipe Tecnica de Microbiologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Lacazia loboi; Lobomycosis; Viability

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; FOOT PAD; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INOCULATION; LACAZIA LOBOI; LUNG INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; SUSPENSION;

ANIMALS; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOSES; ONYGENALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; LACAZIA LOBOI; MURINAE;

EID: 0042825982     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001597359     Document Type: Article

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