Virulence of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis in reconstituted human tissue models

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1336-1341

  Gácser, Attila ^a,b   Schäfer, Wilhelm ^b   Nosanchuk, Jerome S ^c   Salomon, Siegfried ^b   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida metapsilosis; Candida orthopsilosis; Candida parapsilosis; Pathogenesis; Reconstituted human tissue; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EBELACTONE B; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PEPSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; EPIDERMIS CELL; EUMYCOTA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST FUNGAL INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE INJURY; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; LACTONES; PEPSTATINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 34948905295     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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