Immunnology and immunotherapy of the infections caused by Pythium insidiosum

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 477-486

  Mendoza, Leonel ^a   Newton, Joseph C ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; Pythiosis; Pythium insidiosum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTOKINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; ANTIGEN;

DATA ANALYSIS; DEGRANULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHIL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PYTHIUM; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HORSE; MICROBIOLOGY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MYCOSES; PYTHIUM;

EID: 28244485408     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500279882     Document Type: Review

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