Candida metapsilosis as the least virulent member of the 'C. parapsilosis' complex

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1024-1033

  Orsi, Carlotta Francesca ^a   Colombari, Bruna ^a   Blasi, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria e Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida metapsilosis; Candida orthopsilosis; Candida parapsilosis; microglia; phagosomal maturation

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL3; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; MICROGLIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 78449255207     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.489233     Document Type: Article

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