Document 0257 DOCN M9620257 TI The effects of human immunodeficiency virus infection on macrophage phagocytosis of Candida. DT 9602 AU Eversole LR; Fleischmann J; Baldwin GC; Sapp JP; Section of Diagnostic Sciences, University of California at Los; Angeles, School of Dentistry 90024, United States. SO Oral Microbiol Immunol. 1994 Feb;9(1):55-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96073171 AB The effects of infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on phagocytic function towards Candida pseudotropicalis were tested using monocytotropic and nonmonocytotropic HIV strains on peripheral blood monocytes. There were no differences in either quantitative phagocytic activity or efficacy between the two infected and control mock-infected monocytes. Immunofluorescence for cytoplasmic p24 antigen and in situ hybridization for detection of HIV-specific RNA sequences revealed that very few cells (10(-4)) exhibit productive infection. Occasional cells with active infection as defined by microscopically detectable fluorescence labelling contained phagocytized yeasts. DE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/IMMUNOLOGY Candida/*IMMUNOLOGY/ISOLATION & PURIF Candidiasis/COMPLICATIONS/IMMUNOLOGY Cells, Cultured Comparative Study Human HIV/*IMMUNOLOGY/ISOLATION & PURIF HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*IMMUNOLOGY Macrophages/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Monocytes/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY *Phagocytosis JOURNAL ARTICLE SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).