Candida albicans adhesion to and invasion and damage of vaginal epithelial cells: Stage-specific inhibition by clotrimazole and bifonazole

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4436-4439

  Wächtler, Betty ^a   Wilson, Duncan ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFONAZOLE; CLOTRIMAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS ADHERENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL LINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; VAGINA;

EID: 80051828501     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00144-11     Document Type: Article

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