Virulence properties and nonimmune pathogenetic mechanisms of fungi.

doi:10.1093/clinids/14.supplement_1.s30

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Virulence properties and nonimmune pathogenetic mechanisms of fungi.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Mar 1992

Vartivarian S E

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This article summarizes some of the potential fungal virulence factors, their effect on the host's defense systems, and their regulation by host factors. Immunopathogenesis is not discussed, but the role of adherence by fungal organisms to human surfaces and foreign bodies in pathogenesis is desc...

Topics

Animals
Cell Adhesion
Enzymes
Fungi
Hormones
Humans
Iron
Mycoses
Mycotoxins
Phenotype
Virulence

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