title: Ultrastructure of Candida albicans pleomorphic forms: phase-contrast microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
abstract: A modified method of glutaraldeyde-osmium tetroxide fixation was adjusted to characterize the ultrastructure of Candida albicans pleomorphic forms, using phase-contrast microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The discovered morphological criteria defining the individual morphotypes are discussed in terms of mycological and histopathological diagnostics of candidiasis. The relations are discussed between fungal pleomorphism, virulence and susceptibility of different morphotypes to fungicides.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland. mstaniszewska@pzh.gov.pl
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Staniszewska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bondaryk
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siennicka
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kurzatkowski
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure