Basaraba Randall J, Smith Erin E, Shanley Crystal A, Orme Ian M
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1619, USA.
Infect Immun. 2006 Sep;74(9):5397-401. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00332-06.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes a lymphatic vasculitis in the lungs of guinea pigs infected by a low-dose aerosol. This observation suggests that in addition to being a direct conduit from the lungs to the regional lymph nodes, pulmonary lymphatics are themselves sites of infection and could be the site of latent infection.
结核分枝杆菌在经低剂量气溶胶感染的豚鼠肺部引发淋巴管炎。这一观察结果表明,肺淋巴管除了是从肺部到区域淋巴结的直接通道外,其本身也是感染部位,并且可能是潜伏感染的部位。