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Evaluation of adhesion forces of Staphylococcus aureus along the length of Candida albicanshyphae
27 Nov 2012
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BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is a human fungal pathogen, able to cause both superficial and serious, systemic diseases and is able to switch from yeast cells to long, tube-like hyphae, depending on the prevailing environmental conditions. Both morphological forms of C. albicans are found in infected tissue, often in combination with Staphylococcus aureus. Although bacterial adhesion to the different morphologies...
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