Phagocytosis and intracellular killing of candida albicans by murine polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 845, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-287

  Vonk, Alieke G ^a   Netea, Mihai G ^b   Kullberg, Bart Jan ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological assay; Candida albicans; In vitro; Neutrophils; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 84858110551     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_18     Document Type: Chapter

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