EFFECT OF THERMAL-INJURY ON THE ADHERENCE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS TO MURINE SPLENIC TISSUE

Authors
NEELY AN ORLOFF MM HOLDER IA HEALY DP
Citation
An. Neely et al., EFFECT OF THERMAL-INJURY ON THE ADHERENCE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS TO MURINE SPLENIC TISSUE, Infection and immunity, 65(8), 1997, pp. 3493-3495
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
65
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3493 - 3495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1997)65:8<3493:EOTOTA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In a mouse model of thermal injury, an increase in burn size produced a decrease in the ratio of Candida albicans cells adherent to the marg inal zone to those adherent to the white pulp of the spleen, an increa se in the number of Candida cells in the circulation and in the kidney s, and an increase in mortality.