The Neff strain of Acanthamoeba castellanii, a tool for testing the virulence of Mycobacterium kansasii

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Goy, Geneviève ^a   Thomas, Vincent ^a   Rimann, Katia ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Prod'hom, Guy ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free living amoeba; Mycobacteria; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII;

EID: 34249321906     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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