Human platelets damage Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae and may supplement killing by neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1181-1189

  Christin, Laurent ^a   Wysong, Deborah R ^a   Meshulam, Tova ^a   Hastey, Ryan ^b   Simons, Elizabeth R ^b   Diamond, Richard D ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DEGRANULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031887291     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1181-1189.1998     Document Type: Article

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