Adherence of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis to buccal and vaginal cells

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 52-54

  Vidotto, Valerio ^a   Mantoan, Barbara ^a   Pugliese, Agostino ^a   Pontón, José ^b   Quindós, Guillermo ^b   Aoki, Shigeji ^c   Ito Kuwa, Shoko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adherence; Buccal and vaginal cells; Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CHEEK; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

CANDIDA; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH; VAGINA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0242558741     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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