320 Chronic vulvovaginal Candida spp clinical isolates are more resistant to phagocytosis in in-vitro models of infection

Joana Rolo
CICS-UBI: Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
joanarolo@fcsaude.ubi.pt
Paula Faria-Gonçalves1,2,3, Ana Sofia Oliveira1,2, Carlos Gaspar1,2,4, Rita Palmeira-de-Oliveira1,2,4,5, José Martinez-de-Oliveira1, Ana Palmeira-de-Oliveira1,2,4 and Joana Rolo1
1CICS-UBI: Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; 2FCS-UBI: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;3FMUMN: Faculty of Medicine, University Mandume Ya Ndemufayo, Angola; 4Labfit-HPRD: Health Products Research and Development Lda, Covilhã, Portugal; 5CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal