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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: Microbes Infect. 2007 Jan 27;9(5):615–622. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2007.01.012

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Persistent vaginal colonization by C. albicans 529L requires estrogen. One week after administration of estrogen or saline (see Section 2), Balb/c mice (n = 6) were inoculated vaginally with C. albicans 529L (clinical human isolate) or C. albicans NCPF 3153 (laboratory strain). Weekly vaginal washings were collected and CFU/ml determined (mean ± S.E.M.). Similar data were observed using C57BL/6 mice (not shown). Experiments were repeated on at least two occasions with similar results.