Experimental oral infection of mice with a pathogenic and a non-pathogenic strain of the yeast Candida albicans.
Oral infection by Candida albicans is thought to be related more to host susceptibility than to virulence of the organism. Using a mouse model of oral candidosis, differences in colonization and infection between two strains of C. albicans were demonstrated.
D000818:Animals; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology; D014774:Virulence