Interaction of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Sporothrix schenckii, and Histoplasma capsulatum with Acanthamoeba castellanii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3478-3488

  Steenbergen, Judith N ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Malliaris, Stephanie D ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CONIDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BLASTOMYCES; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPOROTHRIX; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2542562892     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3478-3488.2004     Document Type: Article

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