Article
Comparison of virulence between clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Aufauvre-Brown A, Brown J S, Holden D W
Abstract excerpt
Using a mixed infection model of murine invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, the comparative virulence of three clinical and four environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus was investigated after intranasal inoculation. Coloured conidiospore mutants were first derived from clinical strains by u...
Topics
- Animals
- Aspergillosis
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Disease Models, Animal
- Environmental Microbiology
- Humans
- Lung Diseases, Fungal
- Mice
- Mutation
- Pigments, Biological
- Spores, Fungal
- Virulence
