Aspergillosis can be defined as damage to human or animal tissue caused by several
species of Aspergillus. Damage may be caused by invasion of tissues, colonization of …

Experimental animals are an obligate screen to investigate microorganism pathogenicity.
Numerous animal models have been used to analyse the virulence of the opportunistic …

Aspergillus fumigatus is frequently found in the environment. Increasing numbers of patients
with therapeutically induced immunosuppression, leukopenia or chronic granulomatous …

Aspergillus fumigatus causes invasive disease in severely immunocompromised hosts but is
readily cleared when host innate defenses are intact. Animal models for evaluation of …

Aspergillosis can be defined as damage to tissue caused by several species of Aspergillus.
Damage may be caused by invasion of tissues, allergic mechanisms, or colonization of …

Aspergillus fumigatus is currently the major air‐borne fungal pathogen. It is able to cause
several forms of disease in humans of which invasive aspergillosis is the most severe. The …

The sequential pathogenesis of pulmonary aspergillosis was studied and the role of
inflammatory cytokines in host response to Aspergillus fumigatus was characterized in …

Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi.
Humans and animals constantly inhale numerous conidia of this fungus. The conidia are …

Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Lass-Flörl, on pages 1192–4.) Aspergillus terreus
is emerging as a causative agent of life-threatening invasive aspergillosis. Prognosis for …

Aspergillus fumigatus causes invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). This disease is one of
the most life-threatening opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. The type …