The incidence of infections caused by Candida species (candidosis) has increased
considerably over the past three decades, mainly due to the rise of the AIDS epidemic, an …

Only few Candida species, eg, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis,
and Candida parapsilosis, are successful colonizers of a human host. Under certain …

The fungal component of the intestinal microbiota of eight healthy subjects was studied over
12 months using metagenome survey and culture-based approaches. Aspergillus, Candida …

A small number of Candida species form part of the normal microbial flora of mucosal
surfaces in humans and may give rise to opportunistic infections when host defences are …

The host immune status is critical for preventing opportunistic infections with Candida
albicans. Whether the natural fungal diversity that exists between C. albicans isolates also …

Candida albicans, a diploid yeast commensal and opportunist pathogen, has evolved
unusual mechanisms for maintenance of genetic diversity in the absence of a complete …

Typing strains within a microbial species on the basis of DNA sequences at multiple loci has
greatly advanced study of the epidemiology and evolutionary phylogenetics of many …

Background Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a powerful and highly discriminatory
method for analysing pathogen population structure and epidemiology. Trypanosoma cruzi …

We typed 165 Candida albicans isolates from 44 different sources by multilocus sequence
typing (MLST) and ABC typing of rRNA genes and determined their homozygosity or …

Eco-friendly and cost effective Al2O3 NPs were synthesized by a green method using a leaf
extract of Cymbopogon citratus. The characterization of the synthesized NPs was performed …