Characterization of Virulence Properties in the C. parapsilosis Sensu Lato Species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Németh, Tibor ^a   Tóth, Adél ^a   Szenzenstein, Judit ^a   Horváth, Péter ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^b   Grózer, Zsuzsanna ^a   Tóth, Renáta ^a   Papp, Csaba ^a,b   Hamari, Zsuzsanna ^a   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Gácser, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS SENSU LATO; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS SENSU STRICTO; CELL DAMAGE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; COCULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARVA; MACROPHAGE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSEUDOHYPHAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CELL LINE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPASE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; MURINAE;

EID: 84879907477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068704     Document Type: Article

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