EFFECT OF NUTRITION ON THE RESISTANCE OF MICE TO ENDOTOXIN AND ON THE BACTERICIDAL POWER OF THEIR TISSUES
Mice on inadequate nutritional regimens were found to be more susceptible to various bacterial diseases than mice fed a complete diet containing 15 to 20 per cent casein. The tests of susceptibility included: (a) infections with virulent bacteria; (b) injection of large doses of avirulent coagulase...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1959
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137035/ |