Protease and phospholipase activities of Candida spp. isolated from cutaneous candidiasis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 122-125

  Ramos, Lívia de Souza ^a,c   Barbedo, Leonardo Silva ^b   Braga Silva, Lys Adriana ^c   Santos, André Luis Souza dos ^c   Pinto, Marcia Ribeiro ^a   Sgarbi, Diana Bridon da Graça ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Clinical isolates; Cutaneous candidiasis; Phospholipase; Protease; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA CIFERRI; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEYEROZYMA GUILLIERMONDII; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SKIN CANDIDIASIS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; FUNGI; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84928806945     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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