Article
Endobronchial inflammation following Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in resistant and susceptible strains of mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1995
Morissette C, Skamene E, Gervais F
Abstract excerpt
The early endobronchial inflammation induced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection varies in resistant and susceptible strains of mice. Mice of the DBA/2 strain are severely afflicted by the infection, with a high bacterial burden accumulating rapidly following inoculation and a high mortality rate...
Topics
- Animals
- Bronchitis
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Crosses, Genetic
- Genes, Dominant
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunity, Innate
- Lung
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Phenotype
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Species Specificity