Decrease of virulence for BALB/c mice produced by continuous subculturing of Nocardia brasiliensis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Almaguer Chávez, Janeth A ^a   Welsh, Oliverio ^a   Lozano Garza, Hector G ^b   Said Fernández, Salvador ^b   Romero Díaz, Víktor J ^c   Ocampo Candiani, Jorge ^a   Vera Cabrera, Lucio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Mycetoma; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 81255196450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-290     Document Type: Article

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