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Susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium avium is paradoxically correlated with increased synthesis of specific anti-bacterial antibodies.
International immunology - 1 May 1991
Ferreira P, Soares R, Arala-Chaves M
Abstract excerpt
A comparison was made between the levels of splenic and intestinal (Peyer's patches and thin intestinal epithelium) Ig production of C57BL/6 germ free and conventional C57BL/6, BALB/c, DBA/2 and C3H/He mice and the susceptibility to Mycobacterium avium infection, evaluated by the number of bacterial colony-forming units (CFU) found in the liver and in the spleen of the animals. Mice received an i.p. injection of...
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