Comparison of the antimicrobial activity of deactivated human macrophages challenged with Aspergillus fumigatus and Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-654

  Meier Osusky, Ivetta ^a   Schoedon, Gabriele ^a   Bläuer, Franziska ^a   Schneemann, Markus ^a   Schaffner, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0029737942     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.3.651     Document Type: Article

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