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Published on: November 5, 2019
Ultrastructure of Candida albicans pleomorphic forms: phase-contrast microscopy, scanning and transmission electron
Monika Staniszewska1, Małgorzata Bondaryk, Katarzyna Siennicka
1National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland. mstaniszewska@pzh.gov.pl
Abstract:
A modified method of glutaraldeyde-osmium tetroxide fixation was adjusted to characterize the ultrastructure of Candida albicans pleomorphic forms, using phase-contrast microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The discovered morphological criteria defining the individual morphotypes are discussed in terms of mycological and histopathological diagnostics of candidiasis. The relations are discussed between fungal pleomorphism, virulence and susceptibility of different morphotypes to fungicides.
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