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The glucocorticoid betamethasone (BM) is frequently employed in clinical practice because of its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. In this study, we investigated the effect of BM (1 and 2 mM) on the ability of to adhere to, invade and damage oral, intestinal or vaginal epithelial cells, as well as to elicit cytokine and chemokine release. BM at 2 mM concentration stimulated adherence of to vaginal cells and facilitated the invasion of intestinal and vaginal epithelia without influencing the growth rate of invading hyphae at any type of epithelia and BM concentrations tested. In addition, BM at 2 mM concentration also augmented -initiated cell damage of oral and intestinal cells. Furthermore, BM exposure decreased IL-6 cytokine and IL-8 chemokine release from oral and vaginal epithelial cells and also IL-6 release from intestinal epithelium after infection with . These observations suggest that high-dose applications of BM may predispose patients to various epithelial infections.

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