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. 1990 Nov;58(11):3813–3815. doi: 10.1128/iai.58.11.3813-3815.1990

Resistance of Congenitally Immunodeficient Gnotobiotic Mice to Vaginal Candidiasis

Margherita Cantorna 1, Dianna Mook 1, Edward Balish 1,2,*
PMCID: PMC313734  PMID: 2228251

Abstract

Congenitally immunodeficient beige, athymic, and beige athymic mice whose orogastric mucosal tissues were chronically colonized and infected with a pure culture of Candida albicans were found to be resistant to naturally occurring vulvovaginal candidiasis.

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