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Survival periods in male and female Wistar rats with steroid‐induced Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Author(s) -
SETTNES O. P.,
GENNER J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1989.tb00830.x
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , pneumonia , medicine , physiology , endocrinology , steroid , adult male , biology , hormone , pneumocystis jirovecii
Rats treated with corticosteroids developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Male rats showed the same mortality (100%) as female rats, but the female rats survived on average 11.7 days longer than the male Wistar rats.