Inoculation candidiasis in a murine model of severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome

Abstract

To further elucidate the importance of T- and B-lymphocyte-mediated responses in host defense against systemic infection with Candida albicans, we studied this infection in a murine model of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The course of inoculation candidiasis in these mice, which lack functional T and B lymphocytes, was compared with that in immunologically normal BALB/c mice. Mice were inoculated intravenously with 105 yeast cells. Quantitative cultures of liver, spleen, and kidneys were performed with necropsy specimens obtained 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, and 21 days after this intravenous inoculation. The differences in the time course of recovery of organisms from liver and spleen specim..