Murine model of pneumonia caused by Parachlamydia acanthamoebae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Casson, Nicola ^a   Entenza, José Manuel ^b   Borel, Nicole ^c   Pospischil, Andreas ^c   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Lower respiratory tract infection; Mouse model; Parachlamydiaceae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEATING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIALES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIAE; MURINAE; MUS; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE;

EID: 47049123977     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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