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...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adult
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Mucosa
- Phenotype
- Spores, Fungal