Phagocytosis and intracellular killing of Candida albicans blastoconidia by neutrophils and macrophages: A comparison of different microbiological test systems

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-62

  Vonk, Alieke G ^a   Wieland, Catharina W ^a   Netea, Mihai G ^a   Kullberg, Bart Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida; Killing; Macrophages; Neutrophils; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MYCOLOGY; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0036144196     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00348-7     Document Type: Article

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