Evaluation of liquid culture for quantitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in murine models

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 8203-8205

  O'Sullivan, D M ^a   Sander, C ^b   Shorten, R J ^a   Gillespie, S H ^a   Hill, A V S ^b   McHugh, T D ^a   McShane, H ^b   Tchilian, E Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFU ml; Mouse; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AZLOCILLIN; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; POLYMYXIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; LETTER; LIQUID CULTURE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 36048962929     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.09.065     Document Type: Letter

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