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Review
. 2004 Oct;3(5):1067-75.
doi: 10.1128/EC.3.5.1067-1075.2004.

Role of phagocytosis in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Maurizio Del Poeta  1
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Role of phagocytosis in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Maurizio Del Poeta. Eukaryot Cell. 2004 Oct.
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FIG. 1.
Histopathology of tissue from CBA/J mouse lungs, stained with mucicarmine at 8 days (A) and 60 days (B) postinfection with C. neoformans strain H99 and viewed by light microscopy. At early stages of the infection, C. neoformans produces a large capsule, which was partially collapsed during tissue handling (arrows in panel A indicate putative capsule edges), whereas at late days the fungus is mainly poorly encapsulated and engulfed within giant cells (B). Magnification, ×40.
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