Dynamics of cryptococcus neoformans-macrophage interactions reveal that fungal background influences outcome during cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in humans

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Alanio, Alexandre ^a,b   Desnos Ollivier, Marie ^a   Dromera, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APP1 GENE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COX1 GENE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IPC1 GENE; LAC1 GENE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLB1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAD1 GENE; VALIDATION STUDY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MUS;

EID: 80052582060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00158-11     Document Type: Article

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