Acute inflammatory response in the stomach of BALB/c mice challenged with coccoidal Helicobacter pylori

An experimental murine model was used to verify the viability and pathogenicity of coccoid Helicobacter pylori. For this purpose, 27 BALB/c mice were inoculated intragastrically with 1 ml broth culture (10(8)organisms/ml) of a coccoid H. pylori clinical isolate. The animals were divided into two gro...

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Main Authors: EMA Rabelo-Gonçalves, NF Nishimura, JMR Zeitune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000800023