Ex vivo infection of murine precision-cut lung tissue slices with Mycobacterium abscessus: a model to study antimycobacterial agents.

Carmen Amelia Molina-TorresOscar Noé Flores-CastilloIrma Edith Carranza-TorresNancy Elena Guzmán-DelgadoEzequiel Viveros-ValdezLucio Vera-CabreraJorge Ocampo-CandianiJulia Verde-StarJorge Castro-GarzaPilar Carranza-Rosales

Published in: Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials (2020)

The use of this new organotypic ex vivo model provides the opportunity to test new drugs against M. abscessus, decreasing the use of costly and tedious animal models.

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mycobacterium tuberculosis