Ohttocha P./Nzvachukwu I.o

Department of Microbiology, lino State University Owerri Imo State

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Research Article Vol. 29, Issue 2

ASSESSMENT OF PATHOGENIC POTENTIALS OF COLONIAL AND FILAMENTOUS Candida ALBICANS'IN VARIED IMMUNOLOGICAL STATE OF ANIMALS

Uzoechi A. U^*, Orji Justina C, tNwachiikwn M.I.,, Ohttocha P./Nzvachukwu I.O

The infection process when C albicans grew in the filamentous and colonial forms were assessed in rats by determination of survival times, fungal burden from kidney and histological examination. Rats in the various immunological state survived C albicans in the Colonial form than in the filamentous form. Neutrophil deficient rats and rats deple...

Dec, 2015 Vol. 29, Issue 2

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