Article
Low levels of antigenic variability in fluconazole-susceptible and -resistant Candida albicans isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology - 1 Sept 1999
Lopez-Ribot J L, McAtee R K, Kirkpatrick W R, La Valle R, Patterson T F
Abstract excerpt
Three serial isolates of Candida albicans were obtained by direct swab or by oral saline rinses from each of five human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis. Genotyping techniques confirmed the presence of a persistent strain in multiple episodes from the same patient, which was different from the strains isolated from other patients. Fluconazole susceptibility was...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Antibodies, Fungal
- Antifungal Agents
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Fungal
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Cell Wall
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Fluconazole
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunoblotting