title: The lectin type of Candida albicans--an epidemiological marker relevant to pathogenesis.
abstract: Fifty Candida albicans strains isolated from the oral cavities of HIV-infected patients were typed with 14 different lectins by means of agglutination reactions. Sixteen different lectin types could be distinguished, the most frequent type representing 22% of strains. A change in the lectin type was found in about half of the Candida albicans strains representing control cultures from identical individuals. A simplified typing scheme based on three lectins seems to be almost as efficacious for epidemiological application.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Korting
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abeck
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins