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Casadevall. lymphocytes to secrete immunosuppressive molecules (3), (viii) promote dysregulation in cytokine production (46, 52, 53), and (ix) inhibit phagocytosis (24). For all of these reasons, the capsular polysaccharide of is usually a major virulence factor that interferes with host defense mechanisms from clearing this organism from the bloodstream and infected tissues. Administration of antibodies directed against capsular polysaccharide to infected mice has prolonged survival (9, 16, 35, 37, 38), reduced the tissue fungal burden, and enhanced granuloma formation (10). Also, antibodies to capsular polysaccharide enhanced the killing of by amphotericin B (8, 15, 39), fluconazole (36), and flucytosine (11)…