Open AccessIn Vivo Evaluation of Antibiotic Activity Against Mycobacterium abscessus
Author(s) -
Isabelle Lerat,
Emmanuelle Cambau,
Romain Roth dit Bettoni,
JeanLouis Gaillard,
Vincent Jarlier,
Chantal Truffot,
Nicolas Véziris
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit614
Subject(s) - mycobacterium abscessus , antibiotics , in vivo , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , medicine , nontuberculous mycobacteria , biology , pathology , tuberculosis
The prognosis of Mycobacterium abscessus infections is poor due to the lack of effective drug treatment. The objective of this study was to set up an animal model suitable to test antibiotic activity against M. abscessus.
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