Serum Amyloid P Component and Systemic Fungal Infection Does It Protect the Host or Is It a Trojan Horse.PDF

Open Forum Infectious Diseases P E R S P E C T I V E S Serum Amyloid P Component and Systemic Fungal Infection: Does It Protect the Host or Is It a Trojan Horse? Stephen A. Klotz,1 Richard E. Sobonya,2 Peter N. Lipke,3 and Melissa C. Garcia-Sherman3 1Division of Infectious Diseases, and 2Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson; and 3Department of Biology, City University of New York at Brooklyn It is a striking observation that tissue of patients invaded by the deep mycoses often lacks evidence of an inflammatory response. This lack of host response is often attrib