Comparative immunopathogenesis in a murine model of inhalative infection with the mucormycetes Lichtheimia corymbifera and Rhizopus arrhizus.

Pathogenic mucormycetes induce diseases with considerable morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Virulence data comparing different Mucorales species and various underlying risk factors are limited. We therefore compared the pathogenesis of inhalative infection by Rhizopus (R.) arrhi...

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Main Authors: Günter Rambach, Verena Fleischer, Verena Harpf, Michaela Lackner, Andreas Meinitzer, Hans Maier, Johannes Engesser, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Cornelia Speth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234063