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. 1997 Aug;65(8):3493–3495. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3493-3495.1997

Effect of thermal injury on the adherence of Candida albicans to murine splenic tissue.

A N Neely 1, M M Orloff 1, I A Holder 1, D P Healy 1
PMCID: PMC175497  PMID: 9234820

Abstract

In a mouse model of thermal injury, an increase in burn size produced a decrease in the ratio of Candida albicans cells adherent to the marginal zone to those adherent to the white pulp of the spleen, an increase in the number of Candida cells in the circulation and in the kidneys, and an increase in mortality.

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