Adherence of Candida to mucosal epithelial cells.
Adherence abilities of 45 Candida strains to human buccal and vaginal epithelial cells in vitro were tested in two media: 0.9% saline and phosphate buffer. Candida albicans cells adhered more strongly to epithelial cells than fungal cells of other Candida species. These findings were statistically significant according to Mann-Whitney's "U" test with buccal epothelial cells in both of the test media and with vaginal cells in saline only.
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D000268:Adhesiveness; D002175:Candida / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000382:microbiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology