Septicaemia associated with an Aerococcus viridans infection in immunodeficient mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-325

  Dagnæs Hansen, Frederik ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^a   Fuursted, Kurt ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerococcus viridans; Immunodeficient; Inflammation; Mice; SCID; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HAIR DISEASE; HEART ABSCESS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENT DISEASES; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242706635     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367704323133718     Document Type: Article

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