In vitro evaluation of putative virulence attributes of oral isolates of Candida spp. obtained from elderly healthy individuals

Mycopathologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Furlaneto Maia, Luciana ^a   Specian, Ana Flavia ^a   Bizerra, Fernando Cesar ^a   De Oliveira, Marcelo Tempesta ^a   Furlaneto, Márcia Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Healthy individuals; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VIRULENCE;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 51649127183     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9139-7     Document Type: Article

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