In vivo interaction between alveolar macrophages and Cryptococcus neoformans

Mycopathologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Nessa, K ^a,b   Gross, N T ^a,b,d   Jarstrand, C ^b   Johansson, A ^a,c   Camner, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Cryptococcus neoformans; Oxidative metabolism; Phagocytosis; Phagolysosomal pH

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031422618     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006843202124     Document Type: Article

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