Direct invasion of bones by highly pathogenic fungi in an in vitro model and its ecological significance

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Sharmin, Shahana ^a   Kishi, Fukuko ^a   Sano, Ayako ^a   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bones; Dematiaceous fungi; Environment; Invasion; Thermo dependent dimorphic fungi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BONE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXOPHIALA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HISTOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPOROGENESIS;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; ANIMALIA; BLASTOMYCES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; EXOPHIALA; FUNGI; MURINAE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0037285794     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.44.17     Document Type: Article

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