Ultrastructure of Candida albicans pleomorphic forms: Phase-contrast microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Staniszewska, Monika ^a   Bondaryk, Małgorzata ^a   Siennicka, Katarzyna ^b   Kurza̧tkowski, Wiesław ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Diagnostics; Morphotypes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84865722320     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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