The prevalence of oropharyngeal candidiasis continues to be high, mainly because of an
increasing population of immunocompromised patients. Traditional treatment of …

The capacity of Candida albicans to invade and damage oral epithelial cells is critical for its
ability to establish and maintain symptomatic oropharyngeal infection. Although oral …

Candida albicans is the causative agent of acute and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
(VVC), a common mucosal infection affecting significant numbers of women in their …

Background Candida albicans is a low level commensal organism in normal human
populations with the continuous potential to expand and cause a spectrum of clinical …

Vaginal epithelial cell (VEC) anti-Candida albicans activity, despite being measured in vitro,
is considered an innate host defense mechanism. This was supported further by the fact that …

Oral candidiasis (OC) is the most common mucosal manifestation of HIV infection. This
workshop examined OC and other mycoses associated with HIV infection. Historically, blood …

Candida albicans interacts with oral epithelial cells during oropharyngeal candidiasis and
with vascular endothelial cells when it disseminates hematogenously. We set out to identify …

Oral opportunistic infections in the HIV-positive individual have been documented since the
first reports of the epidemic, with many lesions associated with reduced CD4+ T lymphocyte …

Introduction 2.1. Virulence of Candida 2.2. Tissue interactions 2.3. Epithelial cell endocytosis
2.4. Endothelial cell invasion. 2.5. Spectrum of immune responses 3. Immunity in systemic …

Adhesion to host cells and tissues is important for several steps in the pathogenesis of
disseminated Candida albicans infections. Although such adhesion is evident in vivo and for …