Acid proteinase, phospholipase, and biofilm production of Candida species isolated from blood cultures

Mycopathologia

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Gokce, Gulce ^a   Cerikcioglu, Nilgun ^a   Yagci, Aysegul ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood; Candida; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPASES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 35448965646     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9053-4     Document Type: Article

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