| Autor: |
Skoutelis AT; Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Greece., Lianou PE, Votta E, Bassaris HP, Papavassiliou JT |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
International urology and nephrology [Int Urol Nephrol] 1994; Vol. 26 (5), pp. 519-22. |
| DOI: |
10.1007/BF02767652 |
| Abstrakt: |
Patients with malignancies are at high risk to develop infections by Candida albicans. We have compared the adherence of C. albicans isolated from urine cultures to bladder epithelial cells obtained from healthy volunteers and patients with cancer of the bladder. The mean number of C. albicans adhering per epithelial cell from areas infiltrated from cancer was significantly higher as compared to cells obtained from intact areas of cancerous bladders and from normal bladders. The increased adherence of C. albicans to cancerous epithelial cells suggests that malignancies are associated with alterations of the epithelial cell surface which render the cells more susceptible to colonization by C. albicans. The increased colonization may predispose these patients to C. albicans infections. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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