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Toxicity of Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Following injections of the insoluble portion of disrupted yeast cells ofBlastomyces dermatitidis animals exhibited a biphasic pyrogenic response, a decrease in total serum proteins, and there was no release of interferon.

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  1. Clinical Laboratories, The Jewish Hospital, 45229, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Marshall E. Landay

  2. Department of Microbiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 20005, Washington, D.C.

    Kun-yen Huang & Thomas M. Grogan

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Landay, M.E., Huang, Ky. & Grogan, T.M. Toxicity of Blastomyces dermatitidis. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 45, 125–129 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059254

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