Effect of Virulence Factors on the Photodynamic Inactivation of Cryptococcus neoformans

Opportunistic fungal pathogens may cause an array of superficial infections or serious invasive infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogen causing cryptococcosis in HIV/AIDS patients, but treatment is limited due to the relative lack of potent antifun...

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Main Authors: Prates, Renato A., Burgwyn Fuchs, Beth, Mizuno, Kazue, Naqvi, Qurat, Kato, Ilka T., Ribeiro, Martha S., Mylonakis, Eleftherios, Tegos, George P., Hamblin, Michael R.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78593