In vivo imaging of bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an acute murine airway infection model

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-77

  Munder, Antje ^a   Wölbeling, Florian ^a   Klockgether, Jens ^a   Wiehlmann, Lutz ^a   Tümmler, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Member of the German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Bioluminescence; In vivo imaging; Infection monitoring; Mouse model; Transposon mutant

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REPORTER GENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAINING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE, INBRED C3H; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAINING AND LABELING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84908208053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12184     Document Type: Article

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