The incidence of fungal infections, in particular candidiasis and aspergillosis, has
considerably increased during the last three decades. This is mainly due to advances in …

Due to the continuous increase of human candidiasis and the great diversity of yeasts of the
Candida genera, it is indispensable to identify this yeast as early as possible. Early …

Candida albicans is a polymorphic organism that grows under certain conditions as
blastospores, hyphae or pseudohyphae. The potentials of FTIR spectroscopy for assessing …

Several studies have investigated the capacity of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for fungal species
discrimination. However, preparation methods vary among studies. This study aims to …

ATR–FTIR has been used together with principal components analysis to study some
reference strains belonging to five different Candida species and 20 Candida albicans …

Candida species are important nosocomial pathogens associated with high mortality rates.
Rapid detection and identification of Candida species can guide a clinician at an early stage …

Pathogenic Candida species are detected in clinical infections. CHROMagar™ is a
phenotypical method used to identify Candida species, although it has limitations, which …

Invasive fungal infections, specifically candidemia, constitute major public health problems
with high mortality rates. Therefore, in the last few years, the development of novel …

Two rapid spectroscopic approaches for whole-organism fingerprinting of pyrolysis-mass
spectrometry (PyMS) and Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were used to …

Candida glabrata has emerged as one of the leading agents of fungal infections and strain
typing is essential for epidemiological investigation that is generally achieved by molecular …