INCREASED ADHERENCE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS TO BUCCAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS FROM PATIENTS WITH AIDS

Authors
SCHWAB U MILATOVIC D BRAVENY I
Citation
U. Schwab et al., INCREASED ADHERENCE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS TO BUCCAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS FROM PATIENTS WITH AIDS, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 16(11), 1997, pp. 848-851
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
16
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
848 - 851
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1997)16:11<848:IAOCTB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The adherence oi six clinical Candida albicans isolates to buccal epit helial cells obtained from AIDS patients, solid organ transplant recip ients and healthy individuals was compared. It was shown that Candida albicans bound in significantly greater numbers to epithelial cells ob tained from AIDS patients than to those from healthy individuals or tr ansplant patients, and that the adherence capacity varied among the st rains tested.