Distribution of epitheliocytes by the number of Candida albicans adhered to them and assessment of the intensity of the adhesion in an in vitro test
Kornev, N.R.; Velichko, E.V.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 5: 28-32
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 3303761 Document Number: 293809
The study of the adhesion test in suspensions, carried out with 9 C. albicans strains and human buccal epithelial cells, has revealed that these cells are exponentially distributed by the number of C. albicans cells adhered to them. To characterize adhesion, the use of the index of the exponent describing the distribution of epithelial cells is proposed. With the use of this index, 5 C. albicans strains isolated from candidiasis patients have been found to possess, on the average, higher adhesiveness with respect to epithelial cells than 4 strains isolated from persons without symptoms of candidiasis.