Resistance of Congenitally Immunodeficient Gnotobiotic Mice to Vaginal Candidiasis |
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| Authors: | Margherita Cantorna Dianna Mook Edward Balish |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706. |
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| Abstract: | Congenitally immunodeficient beige, athymic, and beige athymic mice whose orogastric mucosal tissues were chronically colonized and infected with a pure culture of Candida albicans were found to be resistant to naturally occurring vulvovaginal candidiasis. |
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