Oral Candida albicans isolates from HIV-positive individuals have similar in vitro biofilm-forming ability and pathogenicity as invasive Candida isolates

BACKGROUND: Candida can cause mucocutaneous and/or systemic infections in hospitalized and immunosuppressed patients. Most individuals are colonized by Candida spp. as part of the oral flora and the intestinal tract. We compared oral and systemic isolates for the capacity to form biofilm in an in vi...

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Autores principales: Junqueira, Juliana C, Fuchs, Beth B, Muhammed, Maged, Coleman, Jeffrey J, Suleiman, Jamal MAH, Vilela, Simone FG, Costa, Anna CBP, Rasteiro, Vanessa MC, Jorge, Antonio OC, Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22053894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-247

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