Cryptococcus neoformans is a facultative intracellular pathogen in murine pulmonary infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4225-4237

  Feldmesser, Marta ^a   Kress, Yvonne ^a   Novikoff, Phyllis ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOSOMES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033931999     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4225-4237.2000     Document Type: Article

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