Production of pyruvate by Candida albicans: Proposed role in virulence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-38

  Saeed, Fawzia A ^a  

^a St Mary's College   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetoacetate; Candida albicans; Ketosis; Myeloperoxidase

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PYRUVIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ACETOACETATES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETOSIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PEROXIDASE; PYRUVATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034284279     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00311-6     Document Type: Article

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