Table 1: Transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) in Ohm/cm2 of the HeLa cell monolayers of controls and after incubation with yeast and bacterial strains.
Microbial Species |
Number of Strains |
Clinical Origin |
TER Ohm/cm2 (SD)1
|
Blood |
Vagina |
Candida albicans |
12 |
1 |
11 |
384 (14) |
Candida glabrata |
13 |
1 |
12 |
384 (15) |
Candida tropicalis |
14 |
- |
14 |
382 (11) |
Candida parapsilosis |
14 |
1 |
13 |
391 (20) |
Candida krusei |
14 |
1 |
13 |
377 (16) |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
15 |
- |
15 |
389 (14) |
Lactobacillus |
20 |
- |
20 |
543 (36) |
Escherichia coli |
18 |
- |
18 |
487 (10) |
Cell line (controls) |
81 |
81 |
497 (28) |