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The limited number of available antifungal drugs, their associated toxicity, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains make the development of new therapeutic strategies mandatory. Pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) from the host\u2019s innate immune system constitute a potential source of new antimicrobial agents. CD5 and CD6 are lymphoid members of the ancient scavenger receptor cysteine-rich superfamily (SRCR-SF) which bind pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) of fungal and bacterial origin. Evidence supports the concept that such binding maps to 11-mer sequences present in each of their three SRCR extracellular domains. Herein, we have designed synthetic peptides containing tandems of such 11-mer sequences (namely CD5-T and CD6-T) and analyzed their C. neoformans-binding properties in vitro. 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