Pathogenicity of Trichosporon asahii in a murine model of disseminated trichosporonosis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2557-2560

  Yang, Rong Ya ^a   Wang, Wen Ling ^a   Ao, Jun Hong ^a   Hao, Zhen Feng ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Wang, Cong Min ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity; Trichosporon asahii; Trichosporonosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED TRICHOSPORONOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; VISCERA;

EID: 60649085635     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200812020-00016     Document Type: Article

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