[Experimental findings after application of Kveim antigen. III. Sensitization of mice with living and killed strains of Mycobacterium avium (author's transl)].
Mice were infected with Mycobacterium avium (serotype I and serotype II). The application of kveim antigen or two kinds of lipid fractions of Mycobacterium avium (serotype I or II) is followed in all cases by typical tissue reactions resembling positive kveim tests. Control animals which only received kveim antigen or lipid fractions of mycobacterium I showed in all cases negative kveim reactions. Sensibilization of mice with killed kinds of Mycobacterium avium I or II leads after application of kveim antigen or lipid fractions (outside and inside lipids of Mycobacterium avium I and II) only in few cases to positive kveim reactions.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D007731:Kveim Test; D051379:Mice; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests
Experimentelle Befunde nach Applikation von Kveimantigen. III. Sensibilisierung von Mäusen durch lebende und abgetötete Stämme von Mycobacterium avium.