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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mangat, M
• Peters, J
• Griffith, D E

Titel

C25 NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA: FROM BENCH TO CLINIC: Callithrix Jacchus: A Non-Human Primate Model Of Mycobacterium Avium Complex Pulmonary Infection?

Ist Teil von

• American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2017-01, Vol.195

Ort / Verlag

New York: American Thoracic Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Introduction: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a cause of chronic human lung disease with an increasing prevalence in the U.S. and worldwide. Methods: One healthy adult female colony-bred Callithrix jacchus had the left lung inoculated with10 7 MAC in 3 ml saline after chest x-ray (CXR), whole blood sample and left main bronchus bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were obtained at day 0.