How Histopathology Can Contribute to an Understanding of Defense Mechanisms against Cryptococci

• Main Authors: Yoichiro Okubo (Author), Naobumi Tochigi (Author), Megumi Wakayama (Author), Minoru Shinozaki (Author), Haruo Nakayama (Author), Takao Ishiwatari (Author), Kayoko Shimodaira (Author), Tetsuo Nemoto (Author), Hideaki Ohno (Author), Yukihiro Kaneko (Author), Koichi Makimura (Author), Katsuhisa Uchida (Author), Yoshitsugu Miyazaki (Author), Hideyo Yamaguchi (Author), Kazutoshi Shibuya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Invasive fungal infections, particularly those considered opportunistic, have become a common and significant complication of procedures performed in advanced contemporary medicine. Among such infections, cryptococcosis, which is usually caused by infection with Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococ...