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Early inflammatory responses to Candida albicans infection in inbred and complement-deficient mice.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Jun 1996
Fulurija A, Ashman R B, Papadimitriou J M
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory responses that developed in the footpad during the first 48 h after inoculation of Candida albicans were compared in six genetically defined inbred strains of mice. Tissue responses consisted predominantly of accumulations of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, the magnitude of which was significantly less in mice lacking the fifth component of complement (C5). Despite this, there was no difference between...
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