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The outcome of Cryptococcus neoformans intracellular pathogenesis in human monocytes

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that is a facultative intracellular pathogen. The interaction between macrophages and C. neoformans is critical for extrapulmonary dissemination of this pathogenic yeast. C. neoformans can either lyse macrophages or escape from within them...

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Autores principales: Alvarez, Mauricio, Burn, Tamika, Luo, Yong, Pirofski, Liise-anne, Casadevall, Arturo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19265539
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-51