Infrared body temperature measurement of mice as an early predictor of death in experimental fungal infections

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-131

  Warn, Peter A ^a   Brampton, M W ^b   Sharp, A ^a   Morrissey, G ^c   Steel, N ^a   Denning, D W ^a   Priest, T ^c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Thames Medical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death predictor; Experimental murine infections; Infrared temperature; Murine candidiasis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANDIDA; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; MALE; MONITORING; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANDIDIASIS; DEATH; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MICE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOMETERS;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; MURINAE;

EID: 0345268803     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00236770360563769     Document Type: Article

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