Table 1.: Effects of Induced Filamentation on the Radiosensitivity of Sessile C. albicans. Treatments Included Farnesol and Tyrosol and the Conditioned Medium from HSCO (CMHSCO) and HECV (CMHECV) Cells and from P. aeruginosa (CMPa)
| Group |
Treatment |
Morphology |
CFU/ml x 106±SEM |
p value |
| Control |
+ RAD |
| I |
Untreated |
Mature colonies |
186.7 ± 11.4 |
178.3 ± 14.7 |
not significant |
| II |
CMHSCO |
Filamentous colonies |
163.3 ± 20.6 |
90.0 ± 11.6 |
p=0.01 |
| III |
CMHECV |
Yeast-colonies |
96.7 ± 5.6 |
90.0 ± 16.5 |
not significant |
| IV |
CMPa |
Filamentous colonies |
11.7 ± 1.3 |
2.1 ± 0.6 |
p<0.0001 |
| V |
Farnesol |
Yeast-colonies |
184.3 ± 2.1 |
177.2 ± 6.0 |
not significant |
| VI |
Tyrosol |
Filamentous colonies |
143.4 ± 5.5 |
62.2 ± 8.1 |
p<0.0001 |