Paracoccidioidomycosis: Advances in treatment incorporating modulators of the immune response

Journal of Invasive Fungal Infections

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Travassos, Luiz R ^a   Taborda, Carlos P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; P10 PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE VACCINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

DENDRITIC CELL; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

EID: 83355172849     PISSN: 17533783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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