Phagocytosis, oxidative burst, and killing of Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans by human neutrophils

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 151-155

  Peltroche Llacsahuanga, Heidrun ^a   Schnitzler, Norbert ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^a   Tintelnot, Kathrin ^b   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a   Haase, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Human neutrophil; Killing; Oxidative burst; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0034307838     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00384-0     Document Type: Article

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