Investigation of the relationship between virulence factors and genotype of Candida spp. isolated from blood cultures
Author(s) -
Fatma Mutlu Sarıgüzel,
Elife Berk,
Ayşe Nedret Koç,
Hafıze Sav,
Gonca Demir
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.5359
Subject(s) - virulence , genotype , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genotyping , corpus albicans , candida parapsilosis , candida albicans , polymerase chain reaction , candida tropicalis , gene , genetics
The aim of study was to investigate the virulence factors of phospholipase, proteinase, esterase production and biofilm formation in Candida species isolated from patients with candidemia, and to assess their relationship with Candida genotypes derived after repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) fingerprinting.
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