Progression of bacterial infections studied in real time--novel perspectives provided by multiphoton microscopy |
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Authors: | Månsson Lisa E Melican Keira Molitoris Bruce A Richter-Dahlfors Agneta |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | The holy grail of infection biology is to study a pathogen within its natural infectious environment, the living host. Advances in in vivo imaging techniques have begun to introduce the possibility to visualize, in real time, infection progression within a living model. In this review we detail the current advancements and knowledge in multiphoton microscopy and how it can be related to the field of microbial infections. This technology is a new and very valuable tool for in vivo imaging, and using this technique it is possible to begin to study various microbes within their natural infectious environment - the living host. |
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