Immunological responses to Candida albicans. II. Amyloidosis in mice induced by candidiasis

Abstract

C. albicans infection in the mouse thigh rapidly induces amyloidosis in mice of the C57BL/Ks strain; amyloid is induced more slowly and to a lesser extent by viable Candida in C3H and AKR mice, and by both viable Saccharomyces cerevisiae and heat killed C. albicans in C57BL/Ks mice.