Candida albicans isolated from urine: Phenotypic and molecular identification, virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility

Author: Laura WIEBUSCH ¹ ; Bruna DE PAULA BICUDO ¹ ; Danielle Ferreira LONCHIATI ¹ ; Renata Pires DE ARAUJO ¹ ; Alexéia Barufatti GRISOLIA ¹ ; Kelly Mari Pires DE OLIVEIRA ¹ ; Adriana Araújo DE ALMEIDA-APOLONIO ² ; Luana Mireli Carbonera RODRIGUES ³ ; Danielly Beraldo DOS SANTOS SILVA ⁴
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1. Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
2. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
4. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Antifungal susceptibility; Candidiasis; Infection; Urinary tract; Virulence
From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2017;7(7):624-628
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To isolate Candida albicans (C. albicans) from the urine of hospitalized patients and assess the virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility profiles of the isolates. Methods Yeasts were identified using the chromogenic medium CHROMagar™, the VITEK