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U Kaben

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Cell electrophoretic studies on the cellular immune response to Candida albicans in rabbits.

Rabbits were sensitized intracutaneously with Candida albicans total antigen by a series of booster injections. The electrophoretic migration time of lymph node lymphocytes was related to the time after injection. Two lymphocyte sub-populations could be distinguished. The proportion of each, changed during the course of the immune response. Characteristic changes also took place after in vitro incubation with Candidin. The results have been compared with agglutination titers and are discussed in relation to bursa and thymus-derived cells. The electrophoretic method may be valuable for the diagnosis of candidiasis.

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[Blastomycoid flora of the urogenital tract in nonpregnant and pregnant patients].

Vaginal and vulva smears and urine obtained by catheters from 232 pregnant and 251 non-pregnant women were examined for the growth of yeasts. These fungi could be grown from the vulvo-vaginal smears from 26,7% of the pregnant women. Yeasts were found in 6,4% of the urine samples. In the case of non-pregnant women, fungi were found in 19,9% of the vulvo-vaginal smears, whereas 3,2% of the urine samples contained yeasts. The growth of yeasts was encouraged by the addition of various urine dilutions using to a nutrient solution containing Candida albicans of Torulopsis glabrata the urine obtained via catheters from both pregnant and non-pregnant women. There was no difference in the intensity of the effect between the two urine charges. Due to the relatively rare occurrence of yeasts in the urine from pregnant and non-pregnant women it suspected that the increased frequency of vaginal mycoses during pregnancy is not caused by a general disposition, but that locally effective factors are responsible.

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