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A murine model for infection with Burkholderia cepacia with sustained persistence in the spleen.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1999
Speert D P, Steen B, Halsey K, Kwan E
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia cepacia is an opportunistic pathogen that causes severe systemic infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) or with cystic fibrosis (CF), but its mechanisms of virulence are poorly understood. We developed a murine model of systemic infection in wild-type (WT) and gamma interferon knockout (GKO) BALB/c mice to facilitate dissection of components of pathogenicity and host defense....
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