Propagation of Mycobacterium lepraemurium on supplemented minimal medium and its experimental pathogenesis.
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ABSTRACT
The splenic tissue of a mouse experimentally infected with M. lepraemurium (Hawaiian strain, M-65) and developing 'rat leprosy', yielded a pure culture of an acid - fast bacterium having all the characteristics of M. lepraemurium on mineral salt minimal medium supplemented with simple sources of C and N, e.g., NH4 -salts, liquid paraffin, urea, gelatin etc. This could be maintained, by serial passages in vitro with good growth. Its indefinite propagation with tissue - free washed, small inoculum on complex media including Ogawa medium was difficult, and its serial sub-culture was practically impossible. The in vitro isolate from supplemented minimal medium could produce pathological lesions in mice typical of rat leprosy.
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Ratos
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Meios de Cultura
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Animais
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Camundongos
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Minerais
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Infecções por Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium lepraemurium
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1995
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