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Science 11 December 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3650, pp. 1479 - 1480
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3650.1479
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Conjunctiva Contains Factor Inhibiting Growth of Candida albicans

Philip J. Kozinn 1, Leona Caroline 1, and Claire L. Taschdjian 1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn

Intact conjunctiva and conjunctival extracts have a strong inhibitory effect upon Candida albicans. The fungistatic effect is not attributable to antimetabolic action and is not caused by lysozyme or tears, neither of which inhibit growth and viability of Candida albicans.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Congenital Cutaneous Candidiasis.
N. Rudolph, A. A. Tariq, M. R. Reale, P. K. Goldberg, and P. J. Kozinn (1977)
Arch Dermatol 113, 1101-1103
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Keratochromomycosis.
L. A. WILSON, R. R. SEXTON, and D. AHEARN (1966)
Arch Ophthalmol 76, 811-816
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Candida albicans: Saprophyte or Pathogen? A Diagnostic Guideline.
P. J. Kozinn and C. L. Taschdjian (1966)
JAMA 198, 170-172
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Lids, Lacrimal Apparatus, and Conjunctiva.
R. P. BURNS (1965)
Arch Ophthalmol 74, 850-867
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