Article
[Candida albicans: the relationship between morphotypes and in-vitro adhesivity to the oral mucosa cells of HIV-positive and AIDS patients. I].
Minerva stomatologica - 1 Sept 1998
Malighetti V, Arosio M, Bellotti M G, Spadari E, Zambellini Artini M, Spadari F, Riviera L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The significant frequency of oropharyngeal candidiasis due to C. albicans in HIV-infected and AIDS patients and the undoubted differences in pathogenicity among strains, lead us to study whether a possible correlation exists between the phenotypic characteristics of the fungal strain and the blastospores adhesivity to the human buccal epithelial cells. METHODS: From 203 oro-pharyngeal swabs of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.