Effective inhibition of Candida albicans growth by the combination of murine peritoneal neutrophils and activated macrophages

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Tansho, Shigeru ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a   Tansho, Tohru ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Macrophages; Murine; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 0032997854     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02398.x     Document Type: Article

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