Pathogenicity of basidiospores of Filobasidiella neoformans var. neoformans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 419-424

  Sukroongreung, S ^a   Kitiniyom, K ^a   Nilakul, C ^a   Tantimavanich, S ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cyclophosphamide; Filobasidiella neoformans; Mice

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS SPORE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0011932389     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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