The Crucial Role of Biofilms in Cryptococcus neoformans Survival within Macrophages and Colonization of the Central Nervous System

The Crucial Role of Biofilms in Cryptococcus neoformans Survival within Macrophages and Colonization of the Central Nervous System

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast-like fungus capable of causing life threatening meningoencephalitis in patients with impaired immunity. This microbe primarily infects the host via inhalation but has the ability to disseminate to the central nervous system (CNS) either as a single ce...

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Main Authors: Lilit Aslanyan, David A. Sanchez, Silvana Valdebenito, Eliseo A. Eugenin, Raddy L. Ramos, Luis R. Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
biofilms
CNS
Cryptococcus neoformans
cryptococcomas
macrophages
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/3/1/10

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