title: Evaluation of adhesive properties of Candida albicans isolated from the oral cavity in HIV positive patients.
abstract: The aim of the work was to compare adhesive properties of Candida albicans strains isolated from the oral cavity in HIV+ vs. HIV- persons. The materials were Candida albicans strains and buccal epithelial cells isolated from both HIV+ and HIV- persons. We applied the in vitro adherence test, primarily described by Kimura and Pearsall and modified by Macura. The strongest adherence was found between both fungi and epithelial cells isolated from a HIV+ person. The adherence of C. albicans isolated from HIV+ patients was significantly stronger to epithelium collected from HIV+ than HIV- persons.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Mykologii Katedry Mikrobiologii Collegium Medicum U.J, 31-121 Kraków, ul. Czysta 18.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Macura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bort
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity / Q000502:physiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*