[Asteroid bodies: host-pathogen reactions in mycoses].
A review of the literature on asteroid bodies (Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon) as well as an immunoelectronmicroscopic study on asteroid bodies with Candida albicans and electronmicroscopic observations on asteroid bodies with Aspergillus are presented. The following definitions are proposed: Asteroid bodies with Candida albicans: precipitate consisting of fungal antigen and antibodies of host origin in light microscopically visible dimension deposited on the cell wall surface of Candida cells in parasitic condition. Asteroid bodies with Aspergillus: precipitate consisting of fungal antigen, antibodies of host origin and necrotic cellular detritus originated from cells of host defense, in light microscopically visible dimension, deposited on the cell wall surface of abortive Aspergillus cells, reduced in longitudinal growth, in parasitic condition.
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Sektion Mykologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Freiburg i. Br., Germany.
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*