Parameters for determination of Candida albicans virulence in murine peritonitis

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 19-24

  Kretschmar, Marianne ^a   Bertsch, T ^b   Goller M ^b   Schaller, M ^b   Hof, H ^b   Nichterlein, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Candida albicans; Dissemination; Intraperitoneal infection; Invasion; amylase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INVASION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GERMINATION; KIDNEY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0033508074     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1999.tb00007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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