These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: On the pathogenicity of nonstable Brucella L-forms and their revertants.
    Author: Grekova NA, Tolmacheva TA, Vershilova PA.
    Journal: J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol; 1979; 23(2):129-34. PubMed ID: 119809.
    Abstract:
    The pathogenicity of B. abortus 870 L-forms obtained by long-term passaging of virulent culture on media with penicillin and of revertants obtained in vitro and in vivo was studied. L-form cultures stimulated only a mild response of the reticulo-endothelial system of the animal organism, at the same time displaying a certain level of toxicity. In vitro revertants approximated to L-forms, while in vivo revertants stood closer to the initial virulent culture, as regards pathogenicity. This seems to be evidence of a potential danger of brucella L-forms for the human and animal organisms.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]