Open AccessThe genotypes and virulence attributes of C. albicans isolates from oral leukoplakia
Author(s) -
Manjula Weerasekera,
Gayan Kanchana Wijesinghe,
Asanga Sampath,
Ayomi Dilhari,
T Madhumal,
R Dilrukshi,
R Willaddara,
Samudra Karunathilaka,
C W R Gunasekara,
Neluka Fernando,
LP Samaranayake
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.24748
Subject(s) - virulence , genotype , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , corpus albicans , biofilm , hemolysin , esterase , phenotype , yeast , phospholipase , population , genetics , enzyme , bacteria , gene , medicine , biochemistry , environmental health
There is a debate as to whether some types of oral leucoplakias (OL) are caused by Candida species, and whether they contribute to the malignant transformation, associated with a minority of such lesions. As no detailed population analysis of yeast isolates from OL is available, we evaluated the virulence attributes, and genotypes of 35 C. albicans from OL, and compared their genotypes with 18 oral isolates from healthy individuals.