Fungal Immunology From an Organ Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fidel, Paul L. (Editor), Huffnagle, Gary B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Thoracic surgery.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Thoracic Surgery.

Fungal immunology, an expanding field of research, studies the interaction between fungi and the immune system. Modulated immunity as well as evasive mechanisms played by fungi all contribute to the chronicity and reoccurrence of fungal infections. Hypersensitivity to various fungal elements plays a...