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Evidence that two independent host genes influence the severity of tissue damage and susceptibility to acute pyelonephritis in murine systemic candidiasis.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Mar 1997
Ashman R B, Fulurija A, Papadimitriou J M
Abstract excerpt
Tissue damage in the kidney and brain after systemic infection with Candida albicans was examined in recombinant inbred strains (AKXL) derived from AKR and C57/L progenitors. Nine of the 15 strains showed mild (C57/L-like) tissue damage. Of the remainder, two strains developed lesions comparable to the AKR parental strain, whereas four exhibited a much more severe pattern of tissue damage. This was characterized...
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