Candida albicans forms biofilms on the vaginal mucosa

Current understanding of resistance and susceptibility to vulvovaginal candidiasis challenges existing paradigms of host defence against fungal infection. While abiotic biofilm formation has a clearly established role during systemic Candida infections, it is not known whether C. albicans forms biof...

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Main Authors: Harriott, M. M., Lilly, E. A., Rodriguez, T. E., Fidel, P. L., Noverr, M. C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Society for General Microbiology 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068702/