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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Adult BALB/c mice of both sexes were infected intranasally with 10(6) viable P. brasiliensis conidia. Animals were sacrificed at intervals up to 6 months and studied by histopathology and organ cultures. At the time of challenge lung sections showed that instilled conidia had reached the alveoli; at 12 h such conidia were transforming into yeast cells, with multiple buds appearing by 18 h. Initially, the cellular infiltrate was composed of polymorphonuclear leukocytes; 6 days later, lymphocytes, plasmocytes and macrophages predominated. Multinucleated giant cells appeared only after 6 weeks. The rate of pulmonary infection as determined by organ culture was high (82 of the 83 mice studied). The experimental infection was progressive as indicated by increasing numbers of viable fungi with time. The results of this study demonstrate that the conidia produced by P. brasiliensis mycelial form are infectious, producing active disease in healthy animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0268-1218
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental murine paracoccidiodomycosis induced by the inhalation of conidia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't