To investigate the pathogenicity of the hyphal form of Candida in pyelonephritis a Candida albicans strain, assuming only the yeast form but not the hyphal form when induced by ultraviolet mutagenesis, and a revertant strain from this mutant strain showing bimorphism were compared in a rat experimental model with regard to the incidence of ascending Candida pyelonephritis and the grade of inflammation. To increase the frequency of pyelonephritis unilateral incomplete ureteral stenosis was created. The revertant strain assuming the hyphal form showed a significantly (p < 0.01) higher frequency of pyelonephritis as compared with the mutant strain not assuming this form, and the grade of inflammation was also higher in the revertant strain group. Also, higher renal tissue and serum levels of both lipid peroxide and superoxide dismutase, which are related to marked renal oxidant injury, tended to be correlated with the degree of neutrophil infiltration in the acute phase. These findings suggest that the hyphal form plays an important role in the development of C. albicans pyelonephritis and also that the oxygen radicals from neutrophils appearing at the sites of inflammation play a major part in the further extension of inflammatory lesions.

Keywords:
Candida albicans, Pyelonephritis, Ureteral stenosis, Hyphal form, Lipid peroxide, Superoxide dismutase
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© 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
1997
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