Relationship of method of administration to respiratory virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae for mice and squirrel monkeys.
Klebsiella pneumoniae given by aerosol was significantly less virulent in mice and monkeys than when given by intranasal (mice) or intratracheal (monkeys) instillation.
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000336:Aerosols; D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D051379:Mice; D012453:Saimiri
D000336:Aerosols