An in vitro evaluation of Candida tropicalis infectivity using human cell monolayers

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1270-1275

  Negri, Melyssa ^a   Botelho, Clá Udia ^a   Silva, Só Nia ^a   Lopes, Luís Miguel Reis Henriques ^a   Henriques, Mariana ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a   Oliveira, Rosá Rio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAZOLIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOLOGY; NADH TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE; URINE;

EID: 80051756795     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.031195-0     Document Type: Article

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