The minimum number of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii organisms required to establish infections is very low.
Cushion
M T
MT
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267, USA. melanie.cushion@uc.edu
Linke
M J
MJ
Collins
M
M
Keely
S P
SP
Stringer
J R
JR
D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew