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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Dysfunction of neutrophils in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus is at least partly responsible for secondary microbial diseases in these individuals, including invasive gastrointestinal (GI) candidiasis. Immunoregulatory disturbances associated with the development of AIDS in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients exacerbates Candida albicans infection of the upper GI tract and frequently leads to oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis. In this article, we present the first report of a murine model of invasive GI candidiasis associated with an AIDS-related murine immunodeficiency syndrome that results from infection of C57BL/6 mice with a previously described retrovirus complex (LP-BM5). Mice of the inbred strain were infected with C. albicans by oral-intragastric inoculation as infants and with the retrovirus by the intraperitoneal route 30 days later. Control mice of the same strain were infected with C. albicans as above and subsequently infected with the avirulent, ecotropic helper virus (MBI-5). Animals were killed 90 days after retroviral challenge. Total and differential blood cell counts, CD4+ T-cell counts in the spleen, and the histopathology of the gastric mucosa of experimental and control animals were determined. The virulent LP-BM5-infected animals developed murine AIDS and showed eruptive and suppurative lesions, with associated C. albicans mainly in regions of the cardial-atrium fold of the stomach. Well-defined abscesses with entrapped C. albicans hyphae were observed in the region of the cardial-atrium fold of control mice. A significant increase in the number of C. albicans CFU in homogenized and plated segments of the GI tract was recognized in mice with murine AIDS versus the control animals. The murine model of GI candidiasis reported here permits examination of the nature of C. albicans interaction with the gastric mucosa both in the immunocompetent host under conditions in which the yeast exists predominantly as a commensal organism and in the immunosuppressed host during progressive stages of AIDS induced by a retroviral infection.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4168-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency in mice exacerbates gastrointestinal candidiasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Botany, University of Texas, Austin 78713-7640.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't