The pathogenicity of Stachybotrys chartarum

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-117

  Ochiai, Eri ^a   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Hiroshima, Kenzo ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshie ^a   Sato, Ayaka ^a   Ando, Akikazu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Eosinophilic infiltration; Intratracheal instillation; Pathogenicity; Sick building syndrome; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 19944364897     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.46.109     Document Type: Article

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