Fig. 11.1 (a) P. jirovecii asci visualized in a patient’s bronchoalveolar lavage using Grocott’s methenamine silver staining as described by Churukian and Schenk (1977). The parentheses-like structure in each ascus…
Fig. 6.1 T cell activation in fungal infection. Dendritic cells (DCs) are at the crossroads of antifungal immunity and tolerance because both inflammatory and tolerogenic DCs may arise from their…
Fig. 1.1. Scanning electron micrograph of C. albicans growing on oral epithelial cell layer, in yeast, hyphal and pseudohyphal morphologies. Hyphae invade via active penetration and induce endocytosis, indicated by…
Fig. 7.1. Molecular mechanisms of detection avoidance during interaction of Histoplasma yeasts with macrophages. Adherence and phagocytosis of yeasts into macrophages is mediated by cell-wall-localized Hsp60 binding to CD18-family receptors…
Fig. 9.1. Clinical presentation of oral C. albicans infections with erythematous patches and white pseudomembranes on the tongue of a patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidosis C. albicans interacts with epithelial…
