Nerve damage induced by mycobacterial granulomas in guinea pig sciatic nerves.

A possible model for nerve damage in leprosy has been developed in the sciatic nerve of the guinea pig. Intraneural injection of 10(7) BCG organisms into an unsensitized animal induces an epithelioid cell granuloma in 2 weeks similar to that found in tuberculoid leprosy patients. In contrast, intran...

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Principais autores: Cowley, S, Butter, C, Verghese, S, Curtis, J, Turk, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 1988