Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization on the skin of NC/Nga mice

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Hashimoto, Yuki ^a   Kaneda, Yoshie ^a   Akashi, Toshi ^a   Arai, Iwao ^a   Nakaike, Shiro ^a  

^a TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; NC Nga mice; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3242800468     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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