| Literature DB >> 11705978 |
P Seiler1, R A Schwendener, S Bandermann, V Brinkmann, L Grode, S H Kaufmann, P Aichele.
Abstract
Among sites of extrapulmonary growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the liver is the least infected. Our data suggest that this is due to the complete restriction of mycobacterial growth to liver macrophages. Unlike in organs more persistently seeded by M. tuberculosis, in the liver the bacteria do not infect cell types other than professional phagocytes.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11705978 PMCID: PMC98892 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7922-7926.2001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441