Comparison of cytokine production by PBMCs induced by clinical or environmental cryptococcal isolates.

<p>Heat killed clinical isolates of <i>C. gattii</i> are compared to environmental <i>C. gattii</i> isolates and to clinical isolates of <i>C. neoformans</i>. The clinical isolates of <i>C. gattii</i> genotype AFLP6/VGII are depicted separately. Mean values (n = 5 to 7) ± SE values of three independent experiments are presented. *, p 0.01 to 0.05; **, p 0.001 to 0.01; ***, p<0.001. The horizontal line represents the lower detection limit.