Scanning electron and confocal scanning laser microscopy imaging of the ultrastructure and viability of vaginal Candida albicans and non-albicans species adhered to an intrauterine contraceptive device

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-549

  Paiva, Luciene C Farias ^a   Donatti, Lucélia ^a   Patussi, Eliana V ^b   Svizdinski, Terezinha I E ^a   Lopes Consolaro, Mrcia E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adhesion; image; intrauterine contraceptive device; ultrastructure; vaginal yeasts; viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79451470120     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610093773     Document Type: Article

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