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Estimation of Absidia ramosa infection in the brain and kidneys of cortisone-treated mice by chitin assay

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Chitin assay was used to measure Absidia ramosa infection in the brain and kidneys of cortisone-treated mice. Mice dying 3 days after challenge had brain and kidney infection but normal renal function as determined by measurement of blood urea levels. Mice dying 5 or 6 days after challenge had infection in the kidneys but not the brain and were uraemic.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Southmead General Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, BS10 5NB, Bristol, England

    L. O. White

  2. Department of Microbiology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, England

    Helen C. Newham & J. P. Ride

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White, L.O., Newham, H.C. & Ride, J.P. Estimation of Absidia ramosa infection in the brain and kidneys of cortisone-treated mice by chitin assay. Mycopathologia 63, 177–179 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00490934

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