Detailed comparison of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata biofilms under different conditions and their susceptibility to caspofungin and anidulafungin

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1261-1269

  Kucharíková, Soňa ^a,b   Tournu, Hélène ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a   van Dijck, Patrick ^a   Bujdáková, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; POLYSTYRENE;

ADHESION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 80051750101     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.032037-0     Document Type: Article

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