Identification and possible disease mechanisms of an under-recognized fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Taylor, Philip E ^a   Esch, Robert ^c   Flagan, Richard C ^a   House, James ^a   Tran, Lisa ^a   Glovsky, M Michael ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c Greer Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Respirable sized conidia; Yeast like fungi

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCELIUM; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, FUNGAL; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS; SPORES; TREES; YEASTS;

EID: 30044446564     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089522     Document Type: Article

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