Ralstonia pickettii-Induced ataxia in immunodeficient mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-191

  Berard, Marion ^a   Medaille, Christine ^b   Simon, Meredith ^c   Serre, Stéphanie ^c   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen ^c   Dangles Marie, Virginie ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE VÉBIOTEL   (France)

^c CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; HEAD TILTING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 65549153510     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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