Candida albicans-endothelial cell interactions: A key step in the pathogenesis of systemic candidiasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4370-4377

  Grubb, Sarah E W ^a,c   Murdoch, Craig ^a   Sudbery, Peter E ^a   Saville, Stephen P ^b   Lopez Ribot, Jose L ^b   Thornhill, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; INTEGRIN ALPHAM BETA2 LIKE ADHESIN; INTEGRIN ALPHAV BETA3 LIKE ADHESIN; INTEGRIN ALPHAV BETA5 LIKE ADHESIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGGLUTININ LIKE SEQUENCE GENE; BURN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL INTERACTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THRUSH; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53649097678     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00332-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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