Emerging opportunistic yeast infections

MH Miceli, JA Díaz, SA Lee - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2011 - thelancet.com
A growing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted in increasingly frequent
diagnoses of invasive fungal infections, including those caused by unusual yeasts. The …

Adherence and biofilm formation of non-Candida albicans Candida species

S Silva, M Negri, M Henriques, R Oliveira… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
Most cases of candidosis have been attributed to Candida albicans, but recently non-C.
albicans Candida species have been identified as frequent human pathogens. Candida …

Biofilm formation by five species of Candida on three clinical materials

D Estivill, A Arias, A Torres-Lana… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Most recalcitrant infections are associated with colonization and microbial biofilm
development. These biofilms are difficult to eliminate by the immune response mechanisms …

Conserved and Divergent Roles of Bcr1 and CFEM Proteins in Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans

C Ding, GM Vidanes, SL Maguire, A Guida, JM Synnott… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Candida parapsilosis is a pathogenic fungus that is major cause of hospital-acquired
infection, predominantly due to growth as biofilms on indwelling medical devices. It is related …

Biofilm formation by zygomycetes: quantification, structure and matrix composition

R Singh, MR Shivaprakash, A Chakrabarti - Microbiology, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
Most studies on fungal biofilms have focused on Candida in yeasts and Aspergillus in
mycelial fungi. To the authors' knowledge, biofilm formation by zygomycetes has not been …

Candida tropicalis biofilms: artificial urine, urinary catheters and flow model

M Negri, S Silva, M Henriques, J Azeredo… - Medical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Adhesion to medical devices and biofilm formation are considered important virulence
factors of Candida tropicalis. This work aimed to use artificial urine (AU) and urinary …

In vitro biofilm activity of Candida species isolated from Anatolian buffaloes with mastitis in Western Turkey.

E Şeker, E Özenç - Veterinarski arhiv, 2011 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak In the present study, identification of 66 Candida isolates obtained from mastitic
Anatolian buffalo quarter milk samples was achieved using the API 20 C AUX system …

Oxidative stress response and virulence factors in Candida glabrata clinical isolates

N Berila, P Hyroššová, J Šubík - Folia microbiologica, 2011 - Springer
We determined the susceptibility to oxidative stress and assessed the four virulence factors
of the 38 Candida glabrata clinical isolates originating from two teaching hospitals in …

Estudo de factores de virulência de culturas mistas de Candida albicans e Candida parapsilosis após adesão a uma superfície abiótica

CL Seabra - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Na cavidade oral, as espécies de Candida co-existem com outras espécies de Candida
e/ou bactérias. Nos últimos anos as infecções causadas por Candida têm aumentado …

Avaliação da atividade antifúngica dos extratos de buchenavia tomentosa sobre Candida spp

GR Teodoro - 2011 - repositorio.unesp.br
O interesse pelo desenvolvimento de terapias alternativas para o controle de Candida spp.,
como a pesquisa de compostos naturais com potencial antifúngico, vem crescendo. Estes …