the mortality rate from infection was increased from 23 % in phosphate-buffered saline-treated b6 mice to 50 % in a group of b6 mice receiving iron-dextran ( p less than or equal to 0.025 ) , whereas depletion of iron stores with the iron chelator desferrioxamine b and an iron-deficient diet provided complete protection of b6 mice ( p less than or equal to 0.05 ) .
C0022092
iron-dextran
C0302583
iron