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Comparison of virulence of different Sporothrix schenckii clinical isolates using experimental murine model.
Medical mycology - 1 Dec 2007
Brito Marcelly M S, Conceição-Silva Fatima, Morgado Fernanda N, Raibolt Priscila S, Schubach Armando, Schubach Tania P, Schäffer Guido M V, Borba Cintia M
Abstract excerpt
The virulence of two strains of Sporothrix schenckii isolated from patients with lymphocutaneous or disseminated sporotrichosis were examined in BALB/c mice (Group 1 and 2, respectively). The mice were inoculated subcutaneously into the left hind footpad with 4 x 10(6) S. schenckii yeast cells in order to evaluate (i) the development of cutaneous lesions, (ii) signs of inactivity, (iii) weight loss, (iv) survival...
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