Comparison of virulence of different Sporothrix schenckii clinical isolates using experimental murine model

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 721-729

  Brito, Marcelly M S ^a   Conceição Silva, Fatima ^a   Morgado, Fernanda N ^a   Raibolt, Priscila S ^a   Schubach, Armando ^b   Schubach, Tania P ^b   Schäffer, Guido M V ^a   Borba, Cintia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Experimental inoculation; Human isolates; Immune response; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; MURINAE; MUS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 36349022595     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701625131     Document Type: Article

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