A New Murine Model for Gastrointestinal Anthrax Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Xie, Tao ^a   Sun, Chen ^a   Uslu, Kadriye ^a   Auth, Roger D ^a   Fang, Hui ^a   Ouyang, Weiming ^a   Frucht, David M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILEUM ULCER; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE ULCER; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM ULCER; KIDNEY INFECTION; LETHALITY; LUNG INFECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPLEEN DISEASE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SPORE; DISEASE MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84879167415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066943     Document Type: Article

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