Intranasal Inoculation of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Cryptococcus neoformans</named-content> in Mice Produces Nasal Infection with Rapid Brain Dissemination

Intranasal Inoculation of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Cryptococcus neoformans</named-content> in Mice Produces Nasal Infection with Rapid Brain Dissemination

ABSTRACT Cryptococcus neoformans is an important fungal pathogen, causing life-threatening pneumonia and meningoencephalitis. Brain dissemination of C. neoformans is thought to be a consequence of an active infection in the lung which then extravasates to other sites. Brain invasion results from dis...

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Main Authors: Carolina Coelho, Emma Camacho, Antonio Salas, Alexandre Alanio, Arturo Casadevall
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
Subjects:
Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans
brain
infection
nose
Microbiology
QR1-502
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/de5786871ae34a73b839d8c0c3657025
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