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. 1972 Mar;5(3):332–336. doi: 10.1128/iai.5.3.332-336.1972

Influence of Gonadectomy on Candida albicans Urinary Tract Infection in CFW Mice

David Rifkind 1, Janet A Frey 1
PMCID: PMC422370  PMID: 4564561

Abstract

Candida albicans appeared in the urine of approximately 80% of CFW mice of both sexes within 2 weeks after intraperitoneal inoculation. During a follow-up period of 10 weeks, candiduria tended to clear, but persisted in 37% of males as compared to only 16% in females. Autopsy kidney cultures yielded candida in 53% of males as compared to 25% of females. Urine cultures in both sexes when positive contained 103.5 to 104.5 candida/ml regardless of the outcome of the infection. Preinoculation gonadectomy in both sexes increased resistance to the infection but did not alter the quantitative aspects of candiduria.

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