Interactions of human phagocytes with moulds Fusarium spp. and Verticillium nigrescens possessing different pathogenicity

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 503-509

  Winn, Richard M ^a   Gil Lamaignere, Cristina ^a   Maloukou, Avgi ^a   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a,b   Maglaveras, N ^b   Gaustad, P ^c   Abrahamsen, T G ^c   Denning, D W ^d   Meis, J F G M ^e   Verweij, P E ^e   Rodriguez Tudela, J L ^f   Petrikkos, G ^g  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b EUROFUNG Network   (Greece)

^c EUROFUNG Network   (Norway)

^d EUROFUNG Network   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROFUNG Network   (Netherlands)

^f EUROFUNG Network   (Spain)

^g EUROFUNG Network   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Monocytes; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Verticillium

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL INTERACTION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; TARGET CELL; VERTICILLIUM;

CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; VERTICILLIUM;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; VERTICILLIUM NIGRESCENS;

EID: 9144234688     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369378030001615394     Document Type: Article

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