… Humans have a broad array of host defense mechanisms against fungal invasion. Most
serious mycoses occur in patients who have defects in one or more of these defenses. Defense …

… these infections have highlighted the critical role of neutrophils and have identified key
immune factors that promote neutrophil-mediated effective host defense against invasive fungal …

… Early data dismissed the role of humoral immunity during fungal infection. However, clinical
observations have suggested that antibodies contribute to fungal host defense. Patients with …

… yet that relates any aspects of host response to P. orbiculare with host defense. One might …
of the organism and host defense, but it seems most likely that host defense is of a natural type…

… host defense. This review provides an overview of the role of the various T-cell subsets during
fungal infections and … contributing to the tailored host response against fungal pathogens. …

… stable host–fungus relationship… host immune response to fungi comprises two main
components — resistance (the ability to limit fungal burden) and tolerance (the ability to limit the host …

… a role in anti-Candida host responses. Chitin from Candida … pro-inflammatory host responses
during fungal infection. The … , the host defence response against Candida infections is …

… with global defects in host defense mechanisms, clinical experience … fungi that share the
capacity to grow at 37C. Normally, however, a broad array of natural and acquired host defense …

… pathophysiology of fungal infections is … host defense is activated, it also becomes clear that
fungal pathogens do possess strategies to evade recognition and inhibit anti-fungal defenses…

… infection, but on a complex interplay between these factors. This review examines the impact
of the host on the outcome of fungal infections, … host response to infection that leads to host …