Abstract
The inbred mouse strains C3H/HeJ and DBA/1J have been shown to represent the extremes of susceptibility and resistance, respectively, to pulmonary blastomycosis. This pattern was completely reversed when challenge was performed by the intraperitoneal route, whether a virulent or an attenuated strain of Blastomyces dermatitidis was utilized. By a third route (subcutaneous), the differences were insignificant. Inhibition of replication of blastomyces in vitro by macrophages from both strains, before or after activation by subcutaneous infection, was similar.
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