Adherence patterns of Histoplasma capsulatum yeasts to bat tissue sections

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Suárez Alvarez, Roberto Osvaldo ^a   Pérez Torres, Armando ^a   Taylor, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; H. capsulatum; Mice; Tissues; Yeast adherence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BAT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPLASMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL STRUCTURES;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CHIROPTERA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPLASMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ARTIBEUS HIRSUTUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77954242349     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9302-9     Document Type: Article

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