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Development of a chronic chromoblastomycosis model in immunocompetent mice
N Cardona-Castro1, P Agudelo-Flórez
1Laboratorio de Microbiologia, Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Medellin, Colombia. icmt@epm.net.co
Medical Mycology
|June 11, 1999
Abstract:
An experimental model to study chromoblastomycosis caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi was developed in immunocompetent BALB/c mice. Unlike previous models of chromoblastomycosis, in this model a chronic, progressive infection mimicking the infection in humans was developed. This model may be suitable for use in experimental studies of chromoblastomycosis.