FIGURE 7.

Histological sections of vaginal canal from BALB/c female mice infected intravaginally with 3 × 10⁵C. albicans ATCC 10231 yeast cells and treated with a topical cream containing MCZ (2%) or C7a (5%). Animals were treated every 24 h for 7 days, vaginal canals were removed after 8 days of infection. (A) control group, infected animals and treated with vehicle alone, (B) mice infected and treated with MCZ, (C) mice infected and treated with C7a. PAS staining of the tissue sections and 100× magnification. Representative images of 10 animals per group.