However, the actual fungal burden in the kidney was significantly higher in TLR2−/− mice, compared with control mice, at days 3, 7 and 14 post-infection, according with the higher susceptibility of TLR2−/− mice to invasive candidiasis previously described by our group [15], [17], [20]. This evidence concerns the gene TLR2 and Candidiasis, Invasive.