Rat Neutrophils Prevent the Development of Tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1804-1806

  Sugawara, Isamu ^a   Udagawa, Tadashi ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 1342302446     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1804-1806.2004     Document Type: Article

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