Effects of neutrophils and in vitro oxidants on survival and phenotypic switching of Candida albicans WO-1.

doi:10.1128/iai.58.5.1174-1179.1990

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Effects of neutrophils and in vitro oxidants on survival and phenotypic switching of Candida albicans WO-1.

Infection and immunity - 1 May 1990

Kolotila M P, Diamond R D

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The relationship to pathogenesis of the spontaneous phenotypic switching of Candida albicans is uncertain. Since neutrophils are critical in containment of disseminated candidiasis, we used these cells and some of their potentially microbicidal oxidative products to define effects on a C. albican...

Topics

Candida albicans
Humans
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hypochlorous Acid
In Vitro Techniques
Neutrophils
Peroxidase
Phenotype
Superoxides

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