Lymphocyte transformation assay for C neoformans antigen is not reliable for detecting cellular impairment in patients with neurocryptococcosis.

Background: Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis and disseminated infection in healthy individuals, but more commonly in hosts with defective immune responses. Cell-mediated immunity is an important component of the immune response to a great variety of infections, including yeast infections. W...

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Publicado en:	BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 278 - 279
Autores principales:	Rocha, Katya C, Pinhal, Cinthia, Cavalcanti, Sônia, Vidal, Monica S M, Toscano, Matheus, Moraes-Vasconcelos, Dewton, Duarte, Alberto J S, Fonseca, Fernando L A, de Abreu, Luiz Carlos, Valenti, Vitor E, Grumach, Anete S G
Formato:	research Journal Article
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2012
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