Systemic infection following intravenous inoculation of mice with Candida albicans int1 mutant strains

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-351

  Bendel, Catherine M ^a   Kinneberg, Karen M ^a   Jechorek, Robert P ^a   Gale, Cheryl A ^a   Erlandsen, Stanley L ^b   Hostetter, Margaret K ^c   Wells, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candidiasis; INT1; Murine; Renal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENOTYPE; KIDNEY INFECTION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 0032817441     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2875     Document Type: Article

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